Happy New Year and welcome to the New Year, New You Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews!
Like the song says, “Another one bites the dust…” and so it goes with 2024. Hello 2025!
This year at Chez Reading Reality has certainly had its ups and downs. Or at least one really big down as we lost our dear demon Lucifer in early July. Every so often I still think I see the old man out of the corner of my eye. Don’t worry, I’m not seeing ghosts, I’m seeing Hecate, who is not herself a black cat but as a tortie is mostly black especially on top. And not that she doesn’t get some extra scritches when I see her like that.
Looking ahead to 2025, as I certainly will in tomorrow’s Most Anticipated Books post, April 4, 2025 will mark Reading Reality’s FOURTEENTH Blogoversary. This has turned out to be the longest, best and most fulfilling job that I’ve ever had – and I have no intention of stopping.
But each year represents a chance to make some changes, and that’s true this year as well. Last year I started posting on Instagram. I’ve just picked up Bluesky and Threads and am pondering how much or how little I’ll continue on X. Authors are dropping X at a prodigious rate, but publishers are still hanging on and hanging out. So we’ll see how that all goes in the months ahead.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
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I do not do resolutions. I feel that they put too much pressure on one. I try to do my best each day and to be happy with it.
I do not make resolutions; I find it can cause one to fixate on something and ignore signs of other things that have presented themselves. Can be limiting, so I don’t do it.
I don’t do resolutions anymore. I try to do my best each day and hope for positive outcomes. The world is way too crazy right now to put pressure on myself to be perfect. I exercise daily and try to be kind to people without resolutions.
I don’t really do resolutions anymore too much pressure and stress for me and also they never work.
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I don’t make them anymore.
To each their own. For me, I haven’t made any in years. I just strive each day to be a good person and to survive to see another day.
They are great for some, but I don’t make them.
I like resolutions; it’s a good opportunity to start fresh on goals!
They are fun but most of the time unrealistic.
I don’t do resolutions. They are nice in theory, but most are never kept.
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I don’t make resolutions. I make changes throughout the year.
don’t care
I have never made resolutions, I won’t be starting now. Instead I hope that my life will be meaningful.
I have never made them. Why set yourself up for failure?
Resolutions seem to have a negativity to it. I view it as an opportunity to start anew and hit the restart button on a number of things in life!
I never make them, but each to their own
I don’t do resolutions personally. I just try to live each day to my best!
I don’t do resolution. I know I would follow through so why bother.
I do make resolutions but usually end up not following through on them. I think goals are a better way to go.
I do not make resolutions anymore because I never stuck with them.
I don’t do new years resolutions.
im not for or against, i personally dont do them
I don’t usually do New Year’s resolutions-but I do have some things I want to accomplish this year.
I don’t make them
I don’t make them. I just hope for the best.
Never have made resolutions for new years.
I wish all well. I’ll celebrate in the spring.
I feel that by making a New Year’s resolution, you have to see it through, when the resolution is heard by others, that will keep reminding you about the resolution that you made, so I just jot down my personal goals mentally instead.
Happy New Year, Marlene.
I don’t make resolutions, but I do set some goals for myself. I don’t always meet my goals, but I can try all year.
I don’t need it as I try to live my life the best I can all year.
I don’t make them.
The only thing I do is a book reading challenge of how many books I can read for the year!
I try to improve myself each year and I don’t feel I need a new year’s resolution to do that
I don’t do them because I always break them lol 🙂
I don’t make resolutions anymore because I never stuck with them.
It’s never a bad idea to set goals.
I do not make resolutions.
I think they are really hard to keep. Instead of making a resolution, I decided to start working out in December. I bought a stationary bike and have completed 22 work outs in the last 24 days! I’m so proud of myself.
I do not do them myself but always try to be a better person. Thank you
I do not make New Year’s resolutions.
I prefer to work on/make changes as the need comes up.
I don’t really make resolutions but I would like to get more exercise this year!
I like and participate in new year resolutions. I think they can be healthy.
I don’t make any.
I don’t do resolutions, per se, but “goals”. No stress if it doesn’t work out.
My only resolution really is to beat breast cancer. Everything else doesn’t seem important anymore.
I don’t really do new years resolutions.
I dont really do them
They’re not for me.
I prefer making goals.
stopped decades ago
I never make resolutions because I never keep to them for very long. So, no stressing over it anymore!
I prefer not making them as it puts on a lot of stress.
I never do resolutions
I have given up on New Year’s resolutions too much pressure. I just try to live the best I can and make improvements as I can.
I use to make them but 9 times out of 10 I never did them!
I think it’s good for some people!