Welcome to 2025! It’s a brand new year. I don’t know about you, but I needed a fresh start in more ways than one. I hope that this year provides opportunities to follow that plan.

Like with any first post of the year, I want to talk about some of my goals. I do this both as a way to remind myself of what I want to do and accomplish and as a way to either help you or encourage you if you’re stuck for your own goals!

My first goal of the year I want to mention is that I want to read 30 books recommended to me by other people. I was finishing a series I got for Christmas, but I am getting ready to start on that one. I’m up to 17 recommendations so far, so I still need 13 more. If you have a recommendation for me, I’ll include my Google Form link at the bottom of this post!

I set this goal for two reasons. The first reason is that I truly need new things to read. I read through a lot of my shelf last year. So I want to see what other people are reading and maybe find new genres, books, or series that I will enjoy! The second reason is that I want to utilize my library more. I buy a lot of books, which isn’t always a bad thing. But some of those books get read once and then either donated or sold for a small amount of money. I would rather save the money and buy other things or only buy the books that I would read again.

My second goal that I want to mention is that I want to take different classes each month. I love to learn new things, and I really want to focus on craft classes as well as culinary skills. But if I find other classes, I’ll do those too! I love the skills I have been learning and want to take them farther.

A third goal for the year is to improve my physical life. For now, I want to keep some of those cards closer to my chest. But I’m continuing to work on my health by eating better and working out. I hopefully will have more updates as the year goes on.

Speaking of updates, I do have one I can give everyone! A friend of mine and I decided to start a business together! We’re still working on getting social media up and running, but we’re so excited for this new venture! We do have an Instagram page up with some of our work. We are working on Facebook, TikTok, and Etsy as well. We will also be doing some in-person events too as we get more established. Our business name is Wolverine Works. You can also email us directly at wolverine.works.crafts@gmail.com . Here’s our logo:

I want to try to get back into a more consist place to post and write. I have definitely been missing it the past couple of months, but there has been so much that has happened. I’m honestly still trying to process it all. Maybe one day I’ll be able to tell the full story. But for now, I hope 2025 is off to a great start for you!

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