Check-In Post January 1st 2022

[badly_knitted]

achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: Do you have any crafting goals for this year?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[peaceful_sands]

At the beginning of 2017, I had logged all my books (or almost all) and realised that if I didn't acquire any more books and reduced the books I already had by 50 per year it was going to take me 19.5 years to get through the books. I also acknowledged that there was no way I wasn't going to acquire any more. Since then I have been working hard to reduce the waiting pile regardless of what comes in by a minimum of 50 - kind of successfully. As of January 1st, I'm down to 10.36 years to finish what's on the shelf - realistically they will never all be read but at least I'm slowing the overwhelm and regaining my space by dealing with the issue albeit slowly - there are less books stored in inaccessible boxes in the loft and garage. I'd like another few years of really good progress (above the 50) and then I can relax and just keep a balance between incoming and outgoing.

[badly_knitted]

You sound so organised! I;'m lucky if I manage to get through 20 books in a year these days. A lot are never going to get read. I need to clear out some more. 2 bags full have gone to the charity shops this year so far.