…or, ‘And Nothing of Value was Lost’. Several months ago, I decided to do something I hadn’t done in over ten years prior: take a conscious, long-term break from regular (i.e., monthly) blogging. It didn’t start that way, of course (nothing ever does, does it?). I’ve been blogging in this…
Category: Reading
Progress Monitoring: Checking In On My 2018 Reading Challenge
At the risk of turning this blog into a reading log… As I have for the past few years, in January I took the annual Goodreads Reading Challenge and set myself a goal of reading 30 books in 2018 (I also set a goal of running 300 miles in 2018,…
Resolving to Set Goals for 2018
As anyone who knows me well can tell you, I don’t buy into the idea of New Year’s resolutions. I find January a completely arbitrary time to change behaviors; after all, if you feel strongly enough about a habit or behavior to want to change it, why wait til January…
2017 Reading Challenge: Completed!
It’s been way too long since my last post, but life, work, and all the obligations that come and go betwixt and between have conspired to put the kibosh on my blogging mojo. I’m taking advantage of a rare moment of clarity amidst the otherwise rushed holiday season to write…
So Far, So Good: My 2017 Reading Challenge
For the past few years, I’ve taken some space here each December and/or January to highlight the books I read or plan to read in a given year. Among the many uses I’ve found for blogging in the last decade, goal-setting (and the public accountability thereof) has been one of…