After I had to rack my brain last week to remember my 2024 highlights I figured it would be a good time to track my goals more publicly. I’m pacing myself with the 2025 goals, and set up a quarterly check in system (in case I want to add goals or pivot).
Excited to start working on new projects (book club and web store) and continue what was working for me last year (pop-ups). For now I’m not focusing on the outcome just taking action and getting projects started.
What are your 2025 goals?
Q1 Goals
- Redesign social post styling (already getting started)
- Start a Book Club
- Continue bookshop pop-ups
- Launch web store
- Be more intentional about ARC requests
- Catch up on book reviews
- Read more back list titles, than front list (120+ back list titles on my TBR)
- Less bing reads, more mood reads
- Fully embrace StoryGraph, delete the other apps
2024 Achievements
Included my 2024 achievements in the slideshow, for good measure.
- January 2024: joined California Independent Booksellers Alliance
- February 2024: launched wallflowerbookshop.com
- March 2024: attended first course of Professional Bookseller’s School Basic Bookselling
- April 2024: read my fave book of 2024, James
- May 2024: joined American Booksellers Association
- June 2024: earned a certification from Professional Bookseller’s School
- July 2024: started a Fundraiser for the future (a book mobile!)
- August 2024: celebrated Black Business Month
- September 2024: got a scholarship to Winter Institute and attended my first Pop-Up
- October 2024: hired as a Support Staff at California Independent Booksellers Association (my side hustle)
- November 2024: re-launched the Newsletter
- December 2024: won money from James Patterson’s Bookseller Bonus Program