2022 & The Romance Bookie's 12th Blogaversary!
Happy Holidays!
Wow, it's been a long time! Way too long!
As always life has been all-time consuming. I have been focusing on The Romance Bookie's Instagram page more, since that is where blogging has led, more so than written blogs now-a-days. But honestly, I miss my platform here. I highly doubt people are reading these anymore, but I thought it would be nice to give an update.
Did I read in 2022?
Yes. Yes, I did. In fact, I surpassed my reading goals. I went into 2022 hoping to read at least 50 books, then moved it up to 75 mid-year, and now I'm super close to hitting that 100 mark. I've got a week left, and I'm hopeful I can do it. I haven't read 100 books in a year in a long time. Probably before I met my husband 😅. Now, here I am almost ten years into my relationship, we have a two-year-old wild child, and I have read almost a 100 books.
2022 was a year of focusing on myself, for the first time in a long time. Mid-2021, I ended up having a life-changing surgery that has caused me to lose a significant amount of weight. I am feeling so much better now, in a lot of ways. I ran quite a few virtual 5k's this year! I go to the gym very regularly and enjoy doing so. And I just hit a normal BMI the other morning, for the first time in my life. I never thought I would get to this point.
Mentally, I could be doing better. I'll admit that. Social media isn't the best place to be. It can be very draining, and let's be honest we show the good side of things more so than the bad. I choose to do so, because I don't find it appropriate to be putting my problems online, but also because I feel there is enough bad in the world, why not focus on the good sometimes.
But all in all, I don't regret this year. Lessons were learned, goals were accomplished, and I got to make some very fond memories with my little family. Along the way, we traveled quite a bit. My son got to visit three different states this year (two of which were new to me too!). We went to North Carolina and saw snow fall, Florida to go to the 50th Walt Disney World Celebration, Colorado to visit family, San Diego with Oma and Grandpa, Palm Springs to see a cancelled Hot Air Balloon Festival, Disneyland multiple times, and my husband and I got to go on my first-ever cruise, we went on a four-day trip to Mexico for our ninth anniversary.
Oh and the biggest thing of all?
We bought our first house together!
After moving our fifth time, we have finally settled permanently down, and get to have, hopefully, many many years of making memories in our new home.
2022 was all-in-all a good year.
We've got some tough decisions coming our way in 2023, but I am hopeful that my family will get through it, and make the most of our time together.
As far as reading challenges!
Let's dive right in to that!
Challenges Participated in 2022:
- A-Z Challenge ✅
- 2022 Little Inkling's Always Fully Booked Challenge ✅
- Reading Rainbow ✅
- Little Inkling's On the Cover Challenge ✅
- Peanut Butter Taco Reading Challenge ✅
- Peanut Butter Taco Romance Challenge ✅
- Literally Bookish Challenge ✅ (Completed all, but the last Bonus prompt)
- Creating and Co. Level Up Challenge ✅
- Into the Bookverse 2022 Challenge (Did not complete the "Chosen One" trope Prompt)
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