September is here, and it’s the month when we transition from summer to autumn. As with all months, I am making a list of goals that I am hoping to accomplish. Many of these goals are repeats from the previous month to ensure that I can finally complete them. Before I get to my September 2025 goals, I’d like to take a moment and go over how I did with my August goals.
August Review
August was a fairly good month, granted it was very hot, as I expected it to be. However, I slacked a lot on my goals. Or perhaps, I should say that I heavily focused on one particular goal while doing what I could with the others.
Read 5 books
Yes, I read a few more than five books.
Build a garden gate
Nope. The month was a hot one, and I did not want to be outside working on this project in the heat.
Watch at least 1 season of a show & 1 movie
Yes. I watched 3 seasons of All Creatures Great and Small.
For movies, I watched four from my list: My Oni Girl, The Day The Earth Blew Up, The Imaginary, and Moana 2.
Post once a week on the blog
Nope. As much as I wanted to do this, I had my focus elsewhere, mostly working on my backlog of reviews. So keeping up with actively posting on the blog was a low priority.
Work on blog redesign
While I did work on this a bit, I didn’t get a ton done towards this.
Work on the backlog of reviews
This was my main focus of the month. There were days when this was all I did. I went from well over 70 draft posts to 21, so I would call this a huge success.
Reply to comments within 72 hours
This was a giant fail. I didn’t respond to any comments until the very end of the month.
September 2025 Goals
In September, I am continuing to play catch-up on the blog, mostly with my backlog of reviews. The rest of the goals I am setting this month are either for fun or tentative, depending on how long that backlog takes me.
Read 5 books
As always, I would love to read more than 5 books. However, I will be happy if I only read 5.
My September TBR is looking good with a nice mix of genres to get through.
Watch at least 1 season of a show & 1 movie
This is less of a goal and more of a fun task if I have time for it.
Post once a week on the blog
One post a week feels manageable at the moment – especially since I finally worked through most of my backlog of draft posts. If I get more than that done, then that’s a pure bonus.
Work on the backlog of reviews
While I put a good dent in this last month, I want to do my best to get through the remainder of the backlog. Much like last month, this will be my main focus for the month.
Reply to comments within 72 hours
As always, ideally, I would like to reply to comments within 24 hours. However, I am being realistic and aiming to get to them within 72 hours.
I hope you enjoyed my September 2025 goals. What do you have planned for the month?
Good luck with achieving your September goals!
Thank you.
That’s some impressive work on backlog reviews!! Well done. Every now and then I also try to set a goal of replying to comments quickly, but usually I do them in batches once or twice a month. 😅
Thank you, it was a lot of work and took up most of my time but I’m glad I got to it. Doing comments in batches is a good way to do it, I may go that route in the future if the 72 hours limit doesn’t work in the long-term.