Hello! Welcome to Blogmas Day 1!
Last year I took part in Blogmas and really, really enjoyed it. This year, I am no where near as prepared, but I still want to take part. Blogmas is where bloggers post in the lead up to Christmas. I know some bloggers like to post every day for twelve days leading up to Christmas or some do twenty four leading up to Christmas. Last year, I took it one step further and posted for everyday in December and I want to do the same this year.
I am no where near as prepared as I was last year. In fact, I am no where close. By this time last year, I had half of my posts scheduled and ready to go. However, this year I have only managed one. That is mainly down to work and just having very little spare time. But I love blogging and I love Christmas, so I definitely will try my best to keep on track with this. It is partly why I allowed myself to take some time off during November.
My blogging schedule dropped off a little bit in November, but that is okay. I haven’t been very well in November and my mental health also dipped for a while. So it is okay that I allowed myself some time away to refresh and relax and just take care of myself. I love blogging and never want it to feel like a chore or for it to become a stressful thing. So I won’t let myself feel bad for falling off my schedule for a little bit though.
My blogging schedule wasn’t the only thing that dropped off. NaNoWirMo did not go as planned. In fact, after my last update (NaNoWriMo2021 Week One Update), I didn’t write anything else. I had a really strong week where I wrote 11k, and then I just did not write anymore. I am disappointed, however, I need to remind myself that my health comes first. I do adore everything that I wrote, and likely will be continuing with my NaNo project well into the new year.
I may not have had a good NaNoWriMo, however, I did start writing a lot more poetry than normal. I think I wrote somewhere between 25-30 poems in November which is very exciting. I feel like I don’t always get the time to write poetry anymore, but when I do, I can’t stop for a long time. Poetry is so therapeutic for me and I feel like I haven’t really documented my life until I have written a poem about it.
And lastly… I’ve done it. I have finally gotten out of my reading slump!! I think I have said this previously a bit prematurely. I said this in my October Wrap Up, to only go straight back into a reading slump, until about a week ago, when I finally cracked it and binned it for good. I am back on it and reading so many great books. Currently, I sit at 64 books out of 75. If you don’t know already, I will change my Goodreads goals constantly until December where that goal has to stick and I either reach it or I don’t. So, today is my last chance to change it…and I think I am keeping it at 75.
So THIS MEANS to catch up with all of the reading slumps that I have been in this year, I need to read ELEVEN books in December to reach my reading goal for the year. I think I can do it. I am confident. Maybe a little too confident. We will see.
How are your reading goals going – are you going to reach your goal?
And please let me know how your NaNoWriMo went. I shall see you tomorrow for Blogmas day 2! Let me know if there are any posts that you want to see in December!
Kira Jeanette 
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