At the start of the year I made some geeky goals and I thought I will look back on what I’ve achieved from them so far!

Gaming:

• In early January, start a new Animal Crossing: New Leaf save (and actually play the save regularly)– I’ve been playing New Horizons instead from time to time and enjoying it a lot. I’m probably going to change this idea to New Horizons instead of New Leaf. This is due to it being
• Play through the Fable series on Xbox 360- unfortunately my 360 recently red ringed of deathed recently! As I don’t have another Xbox, this isn’t achievable anymore.
• Start my YouTube channel again- To be honest, I have recorded videos to upload but I feel too embarrassed to upload them. I’m going to rethink this idea for a different social media platform instead.

I will update my gaming goals at the end of this post. This is due to me not completing any so far, so I want to make goals I will complete.

Reading:

• Read 52 books- I’m currently on 30 books read so far so I’m on track! I think, as of writing, I’m two books ahead of schedule. I’m pretty happy with this so far and intend to keep it up.
• Write a book review every month or so- I’m going to say I have kept this up 50% as I have included them in my end of month reviews. My plan was to do it separately but at least it’s still (technically) being written.
• Read for fun, not just for the goals- I have definitely been keeping up with this one! All the books I have been reading I have enjoyed, and if I haven’t been enjoying them I’ve dropped it. This has been different from before so the enjoyment of reading has gone up a lot.

Watching:

• Re-watch my favourite shows from when I was a kid- I totally forgot I had this on the list! I may actually go for this as I haven’t been enjoying shows or movies recently.
• Watch 52 new movies- I currently have 47 on my first watched in 2026 list on Letterboxd so I’m doing good! Just 5 more films which will be easy to achieve with banging new releases announced for the rest of the year.
• Watch at least one documentary a month- This is also one I forgot about but can easily rectify. There’s a lot of documentaries on Disney+ and Netflix to get through which will be a blast.

I feel like some I can definitely get back on track with and others I may struggle to do. I feel like gaming may be one that I change! As it’s my own goals, I feel like I can change it if i feel like it fits.

New Gaming Ideas

• Play New Horizons regularly– As I usually find it difficult to keep playing my Animal Crossing saves, I’ll carry on playing this one for the foreseeable future!
• Get to as close to 100 platinums as possible- I’m a trophy hunter and as of writing I have about 86 platinums. I reckon I can get to nearly 100 in under 6 months if I put my mind to it!
• Microblog about games on Bluesky- as i feel a lot more self conscious about YouTube and TikTok than I do writing, let’s test out microblogging on Bluesky for 6ish months! I’m aiming for more gaming related things but it can be anything geeky too.