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GR Yearly Goals

If you reach your goal, do you bump it up or just leave it?

 


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Re: GR Yearly Goals

  • Bump. 

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  • Last year I just left it after I reached it.
  • I bumped it the first time I hit my goal, but if I hit my next goal I will just leave it.

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  • It depends on when in the year it is.  My original goal was 40 this year and I met that in August so I bumped it up to 52.  I am at 48 right now so I will likely meet my goal this month or next and I won't bump up my goal again this year.

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  • Leave it. I set a goal and made it...I'm good with that.
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  • It depends on by how much usually.  I upped my goal last year because I was about 6 books ahead but if I'm only like 2 books ahead, I don't.  I like that feeling of accomplishing something.

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  • I usually leave it.

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  • Leave it. It's the goal I set for myself for the year. I achieved it, and I'm happy.

    If I was to set a new goal and not make it, then I would feel bad about something I should really be considering a success. And if I just kept upping my goal to something I'm pretty sure I'll achieve, then it's not really a goal; it's just an indication of the number of books I managed to read that year.
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  • Originally I made this year's goal the amount of books I read last year but I've already met that goal so I upped it.  I'm on track to easily meet my new goal and I will not change it again.
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  • I've always bumped it, but next year I think I'll just leave it. 
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  • I leave it and then use that extra time to read long boos that I sometimes avoid when I'm aiming for a goal.
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  • Last year, I reached my goal but it was only a couple of weeks before the end of the year.  This year it will probably be the same.  If I reach it really early, I might bump it slightly (from 52 to 60 or so).
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  • It depends on when I reach it.  This year I reached my goal of 100 books in September so I bumped it to 120.  If I had reached it closer to the end of the year I probably would have left it.
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  • It depends on when I hit the goal.  If I had met it back in June I probably would have bumped it up.  But at this point in the year, I'll probably just leave it and see how far I go.
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    I am going to leave it. I am a bit worried that I am not going to make it as I am only a little bit over half right now and I am having a hard time reading right now but I have the time I just need to push my but into gear.
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  • beebe918 said:
    Originally I made this year's goal the amount of books I read last year but I've already met that goal so I upped it.  I'm on track to easily meet my new goal and I will not change it again.

    This is what I think I am going to do. When I bump it from 75 to 85, I am still 12 books ahead of schedule, so I should be fine.

    It is kind of nice to just read and not worry about a goal though. Not that I worry about it that much or let it really effect my book selection throughout the year. Maybe during the last month, but other than that I try not to worry about it.

     


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  • I think for me it would depend on when I met the goal.  I've only set goals twice (last year and this year). Last year my goal was 50, but I hit that in late September or Early October.  So I went ahead and set the goal of 70. When I hit 70 I didn't change it, because I hit 70 in December.

     

    This year I am 10 ahead in my goal of 100, and will probably hit my goal sometime in November. I probably will not increase my goal this year. However I will set my goal for next year higher than whatever I reach this year.

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  • depends how much time in the year I have left.

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  • This was the first year I set a specific goal for myself and I met it last week. I'm proud of it because it's the most books I've read in a year ever. I'm not bumping it up because these last couple of months are going to be crazy busy and I don't want to set myself up for failure.

    I'm going to keep going, see how far I do end up, and use that as a benchmark for next year's goal.
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  • I bumped it this year because I was several books over and it's nowhere near the end of the year. As it is I'm 3 ahead so I'll likely bump it. I set the bar low for me on purpose this year because of school/work.

    Last year I went 2 over and left it for the rest of Nov. and Dec.
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  • I usually aim juuuust a bit too high at 100. This year with a newborn I figured I wouldn't get as much reading done so I lowered it to 50. I've reached it but definitely don't get to read as much as I did pre-baby. I'm going to see how far I can get without upping my goal. It's nice to actually meet my goal for once!
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  • Leave it. I set a goal and made it...I'm good with that.
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  • Leave it. I set a goal and made it...I'm good with that.
    Ditto.
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