I said it, I don't care anymore. Let's see how I did with my 2022 goals and how it all feeds into where I am now.
My 2022 goals: did I pass or fail?
- Track genres, pub years, books purchased each month: Failed after six months. (Remember my bi-monthly Reading Trend posts? Yeah no one else does either) that was interesting but intimately told me what I already knew - that I read what I want.
- Read more books off my shelves: Pass. I think I was about 50/50 but stopped keeping track
- Save $: request arcs, use library, and buy used: pass. I only bought three full priced new books with my own money, all year. The rest came from my Amazon points (work bonus) or used & garage sale finds.
- Increase blog visibility: pass (but comparative fail). I did increase views, visits, and likes almost double from the prior years which is wonderful. Compared to other people posting their stats though it's embarrassing. That's why I'm not doing a "stats" post
- Read what I want: Mostly success. I abandoned a lot of series though due to increasing book length and perceived need to "keep up" with other things
- Broaden Horizons: I did read more classics from around the world, tried new voices, and went looking for new authors. I'd say success
- Read what I buy: fail most of my newly hauled books from this year are sitting in stacks still
though I did read - Unhaul books: success. I gave away boxes and boxes after Instagram got hacked and I didn't have to care about what people saw on my shelves.
So where does that leave my 2023 reading goals?
- Arcs: not a goal anymore. I have two 2023 arcs left to read and am not requesting or taking requests at this time
- Finish some of the series I started. I'll write a post about abandoned series, my list is somewhere between impressive and disgusting
- Read what's on my shelves. A goal for every year. I have a lot of fantastic literature from around the world here and need to read it.
And?
I'll mood read and absolutely fuck anything with a deadline.
Oh, the blog
Sunday Brunch has garnered some interest (but none of the old posts still get views, so...) and may or may not come back depending on if I re subscribe my site. If someone else's blog wants to host the interviews I would consider that too.
The fact is that despite whatever enjoyment I get out of this, even my best articles just go into the void, my "evergreen posts" are rare and the stats on them are embarrassing. I don't know if this blog is worth it's headache and I guess that's a personal choice for me going into the new year. It also needs a visual overhaul that I'm not competent to do on my own 
Soooo to those reading to this point, how did you do on your goals from 2022? Are you making any for 2023? Let me know in the comments
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