Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I published a post on this blog. I have been checking in on my social media sites and my blogs, but I didn’t feel ready to start publishing new posts yet.
Right now I still don’t feel ready to start writing or publishing new posts yet, but I do want to write an update post on how my reading goals are going.
It’s now the last week of July, which is when many avid readers talk online about their mid year reading goals. Since I decided to make a reading goal for myself in January, and I talked about it on this blog, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about how my reading goal is going.
I am a firm believer that finding joy and happiness in everyday things is important to maintaining motivation to get through tough times. Even when times are not as tough, everyday things that bring happiness is a way of relaxing after a busy day or is a way to make the day even more enjoyable.
For me, I have several everyday things that bring me happiness. Out of all the things that bring me happy, five stand out to me. Even if these things are not everyday things, they still bring me happiness whenever I encounter them.
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For the past few weeks, during my blogging break, I’ve been working on cleaning out my house. It was not the only thing I did during my break, but it is the activity that took up most of my free time. I have a lot of things in my house and it’s time to let a lot of them go. I wanted to do this major clean out of my house for many years, and I have been going through my things for years and getting rid of them, but that wasn’t enough. So, I’m committed to focus on cleaning out my house as much as possible whenever I have the time to do it.
Since this takes time, I haven’t been able to think of a lot of a lot of blog post ideas. Even if I have ideas, I don’t have the time and/or energy to work on them. Still, I’m thinking about things and wondering what direction I want to take my blog and posts towards.
During my clean out, I found many things I want to get rid of, but don’t want to talk about online. I just want to search through things, decide what to do with them, and actually do what I decide to do with them. I don’t want the added stress of explaining my reasons for my decisions online!
Continue reading “A Little Update on What I’ve Been Doing on My Blogging Break- July 2026”
Hi there everyone! It’s been a few weeks since I published a post on my blogs. (This one and Essie of Who) Since it has been so long since I published posts on here or posted much online, I wanted to sit down and talk about why I’m taking a break from blogging.
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When I started this blog in 2017, there are several post ideas that I keep thinking about but always decide to not write. One of these post ideas is what I wanted to be when I grew up.
Recently, I found a daily writing prompt about that same subject. After thinking about it for a while, I decided it is time to write a post about what I wanted to do when I grew up.
Last month, reading became my favorite pass time. After reading so many books, I thought I would be able to keep reading through my to be read list into February. Sadly, this didn’t happen. Normally this happens because I read too much and just burn out. This time, it’s because I didn’t like what I read last month.
I read a lot of romance novels, which is normally fine. I don’t love romance novels, but there seems to be at least ten newly released romance novel to every adventure (My favorite genre of books) novel every month. So, if I want to read a lot of new releases, I will need to read romance novels. Last month, the romance novels I read were… meh.
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Like many people, I’ve had very stressful times in my life… like right now. *sigh*
During these times, I find it hard to do something for myself or something that I can do for fun. This is why it is important to remind myself of the things I really enjoy and is fun. Since I’m going through a pretty stressful time in my life right now, I wanted to list five of the things I do for fun. These are not the only things I do for fun, but it is something I know will bring me stress relief!
Over the last year, I’ve been cleaning out a lot of things from my house. Some of the things I needed to get rid of was old clothes. During this process, I noticed there are certain brands I liked more than others. After going through all the clothes I liked and what their brands are, I decided to write a post about five of my favorite clothing brands I like to shop.
Before I start talking about my favorite clothing brands, I wanted to mention I prefer to shop these brands when they are on sale. Some of them can be very pricey, so I prefer to browse them during sales and whenever I spot them at clearance racks or clearance stores.
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After yesterday’s depressing post, I decided to try to write today’s post about more optimistic: I achieved my 2025 reading speed goal!
Yes, I am happy to say I have officially achieved my 2025 reading goal. I didn’t want to set a number of books to read by the end of the year like many online do. Instead, I wanted to increase the speed of my reading. I used to be a fast reader in high school and college, but I’ve slowed down a lot since then. Since the popularity of reading began in 2020, I began to buy books, both new and old, to read. The problem was I was buying them with the mindset that I can read as fast as I used to.
Sadly, that isn’t true. So, now I have way too many books to read and no way to decide if I would like to keep them or not… unless I read them first. This is why I decided to focus my reading goal not on how many books I read in a year, but to work on getting my speed of reading faster.
This year, I can read much faster than I used to. Sometimes, if I have the time, I can read a 300 page book in less than 24 hours. This speed is similar to my reading speed in high school and college. I still notice I need to slow down more that I used to, but I’m not going to complain too much about it.
I have also noticed the work I did on my reading speed has also helped me in other areas of my life. Seeing this has made me feel more confident in my own abilities and gave me hope to start making a dent in my to be read pile of books.
Next year I have some reading goals, but my main goal is just to maintain my reading speed.
That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!
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