Become More Social
Being social is something I really struggle with, both online and in person. I’m great at chatting when someone initiates conversation, but I suck at pushing myself out there and getting involved in Twitter or the general blogging world. I try, I really do.. But then I see other people just completely excelling at it and I can’t help but think, “Why can’t I be more like that??” So starting now, I’m revving things up, and pushing my social activity to a whole new level!
Comment on More Blogs
I suppose this falls under “Become More Social”, but whatever. Right now I am usually pretty good at commenting whenever I have something to say, but I really want to find more blogs to read and comment on! And I’m making it a clear goal to always comment on everything I read. Okay, that probably won’t happen, but I’m going to try my very best!
Clean up my RSS Reader
I’m actually afraid to check out my RSS reader because it’s a mess. I’m going to clean it up, stick to the blogs I read and like, and use that to help fulfill my “comment” resolution!
Utilize Google Calendar
I have actually started doing this already! When HarperTeen exploded on Edelweiss, I found myself really, REALLY overwhelmed with review copies. I just didn’t know where to begin. So I plotted all my books onto Google Calendar, sorted them by release date, and worked from there. Then I had a pretty good idea of what to read first and when I had to read which books by. It doesn’t mean I’ll always go in order, but it helps a lot!
Read These Books…
This is just a small, select list of the books that have been sitting on my shelf for a while!
- The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna
- Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
- Wither by Lauren DeStefano
- The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
- Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Do More Custom WordPress Work
I have done some custom WordPress work for a few blogs already, but I plan to more officially announce my services in a few weeks!
MARK OF ATHENA MARK OF ATHENA MARK OF ATHENA MARK OF ATHENA. READ IT. 😀 Enough said right? Haha great goals! I LOVE Google Calendar. It helps for knowing when to get tours and promos ready. Lol. 😀 Love it! Can’t wait to see where you go with Book Nook in 2013!! XX, Inky
OMG HANNAH!!!! I think your Mark of Athena review was one of the first I ever read on your blog!!! I FREAKING LOVED IT!! I need to read this book ASAP.. ideally before I go back to the UK because it’s ginormous!!!
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I’m not setting any “real” resolutions yet, since I’m so new to this, those are all things I’m working on anyway, haha!
I never thought of using Google Calendar for scheduling my book reading time…right now I’m using a spreadsheet of books I’ve received, with calculations for +/- 2 weeks of the release date and 8 weeks from receiving my copy. But that might work out better…maybe I’ll have to do a combination of both. The math geek in me likes the spreadsheet, haha! 😉
Also, I’m glad to hear that you’re officially putting yourself out there for blog work…I am hoping to hire you soon actually (before reading that) to do some widget work that I just can’t seem to get right. 🙂
Bree
Haha yay for math geeks! 😀 If that works for you then AWESOME! I kind of wish I could do that just because it sounds cool lol!
Let me know if/when you want to talk about that widget work. 🙂 Feel free to send me an e-mail whenever!
Happy New Year!!
We share some similar resolutions – I’ll also be pledging to be more social and comment on more blogs in a couple days! I should really look into Google Calendar too…for now, I just have a sticky saved on my desktop with my review copies listed in order of release date.
I can’t wait to see what you come up with for your custom WP work!
I think Google calendar is nice because it’s laid out by a calendar so it’s a little easier to make sense of things visually. 🙂
Setting goals is important but also fun (wow that sounds nerdy!). I hope you succeed at all the plans you’ve made and enjoy the process as well. Commenting more is something I want to improve with too 🙂 Happy 2013!
Haha nerdy is cool! 😉 Thanks so much Christina! Good luck to you with the commenting! I hope we both succeed LOL!
I agree! Being social can be daunting and like you, my feeder is totally out of control. Great resolutions!!!! 🙂
Thanks Pushy! 😀 Hopefully we can both clean up our feeds this year! *fingers crossed*
OMG Ashley, I am begging you to please read Half Blood (and all the other books in the series).
Yes ma’am! 😀
Yaaaay. You kick ass at custom WordPress stuff, so I am so excited for you to be doing it more professionally.
Thanks Jennifer <3
I’m really bad about the commenting thing too. And the RSS feed thing. So much there I’m not interested in anymore. >_> Those goals totally make sense. But I think it’s the coolest thing ever that you’re gonna do custom WordPress work. I could definitely use some help. I love how your blog is so simple yet so interesting and user-friendly and versatile. I majorly fail at emulating that style and I think I’ve just altogether given up haha. Plus your layouts are always really cute haha. Anyway!
I think you’re plenty social (net wise). But maybe that’s just compared to me.
Great resolutions. I think you’ll do great with them. Happy ’13!