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I'm doing OK on most of my goals, but I think I'm likely to fail at least one of my purchase-related goals.
My headline goal of reading more than I buy might be OK, although I am behind (and cheating by not counting bundles), but it's getting into dangerous territory.
My other target of starting at least 50% of my new purchases is possibly dead in the water. I've started 16 of 68, right now, so even if I don't buy any more books, I need to start 18 more new books to hit 50%. For me, that could easily be 3 months' reading, and there are only 4 months left in 2025. It doesn't leave a lot of margin. This was already a reduced goal from previous years, too.
There are two issues: Firstly, I'm not very concerned about the money. Compared to my other hobbies it's basically nothing, so why not just buy? And secondly, my other goals are conflicting; leading me to dig deeper into my back-catalogue rather than read the new stuff.
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