Goals and Challenges

I'll admit it's taken me until today to get my rear in gear for this year, but I've had a fairly good think this year about what I'd like to achieve, and how I want to go about it. Most of it ( as always) is to do with blogging, reading and writing, but I think I've found good ways to quantify my achievements, and being able to see what I'm doing is what spurs me on! Without further ado - my goals and challenges (note: NOT resolutions, I never stick to them) for 2015

The Blog
In the past I've pressurised myself to get this particular post up on that particular day, and I just cave when I put too much pressure on myself. This year, from now, I'm just going to aim to post whatever I feel like 3 times a week. I'm hoping these days will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday as these are the days that fit best with my uni timetable, but I'm not going to fuss too much if I post on a different day instead.

Reading
I'm always saying I'm going to read more and then not doing it. This year I've set myself the challenge of a book a week - so 52 books for the year. I've already read two books this year (Watched, by Kerry Wilkinson and The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling, the latter just being out of curiosity if I'm honest) and I have 3 in line to be read by the end of the month. I really enjoy reading, and it makes me happier in myself, so doing more of it is something I intend to do.

Studying
I had some issues with uni last term, and want to try my hardest to make that up over the rest of the year. My aim is to make time to study each day during term time (and during holidays, but not as much), and to pass any assessments with 60% and above.

Writing
I've heard some people on a group I'm a part of with goals of a million words this year, and things like that - my goal is slightly different. I would like to write a short story every month, with the intent to compile them at the end of the year. They'll be children's stories, and I plan to use my brother as a guinea pig :D

Other
Those are the main ones, but other than that I really just want to drink more water haha. All of my goals are just things that I want to do to be able to actually see that I'm achieving something.
I always participate in the Goodreads reading challenge (I cleared my account of all the books before the start of last years, which I failed so it's slightly bare but I'll be updating it fairly often this year) so if you'd like to add me on there - link  I'll add you back and we can stalk each others progess!

What are some of your goals/challenges/resolutions for the new year?