booksandquills | How I set realistic resolutions (and that it's okay to fail them) @booksandquills | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
I thought it was high time to catch up on all my resolutions and goals from the last few years (including during the first year of Covid) and chat about how to set more realistic goals when you're not sure what to expect from a year!
► Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:14 Rating my (pre-pandemic) 2020 resolutions
5:35 Looking back at my 2021 resolutions
11:57 Best bits of 2021
12:29 Setting 2022 realistic resolutions
16:13 How I'm doing now
► Mentioned in this video
Rosianna's cycling videos:
Wye Valley and Midlands youtube.com/watch?v=S-nSmsrQCiQ
Land's End to Bath youtube.com/watch?v=yxkigu-0OXY
Fat Life Drawing: fatlifedrawing.co.uk
Podcast recs:
- You're Dead to Me
- Books Unbound
- Real Dictators
- The Dropout
- What Page Are You On?
My Books Unbound guest episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/5xwCCytvEZ2doEMvfrrkFC?si=e21684436c8644b0
Gothic novels and non-fiction:
Romantic Outlaws
Carmilla
The Vampire
Charlotte Bronte, A Life
YA Book Prize Shortlist video:
youtube.com/watch?v=gqTsU02m0Yc
First episode of my Literary Travel series (Scottish Borders):
youtube.com/watch?v=ebxBvsXQ9Uw
► My Book Club Journal
booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
► Follow what I'm reading on the Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/profile/booksandquills
Buy books via Bookshop.org and support indie bookshops!
► uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksandquills (ad, contains affiliate links)
► Find me here!
Instagram: instagram.com/booksandquills
TikTok: tiktok.com/booksandquills
Blog (literary travel): booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio: sannevliegenthart.co.uk
► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
► The music in my videos is from Epidemic Sound, which is amazing for online creators! Affiliate link: epidemicsound.com/referral/cqg130
► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
► Some of my favourite videos I’ve made
☾ Let me pick your next book club read • youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jVGYGDCsA
☾ London Room Tour • youtube.com/watch?v=pdaTtDE7TG4
☾ To all the books I’ll never read • youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
☾ Sustainable clothing Q&A • youtube.com/watch?v=BbdtbSjguuI
☾ 10 Things I’ve learned from freelancing • youtube.com/watch?v=xd5DQ0YZpmE
☾ When should you abandon a book? • youtube.com/watch?v=LyqL1oP7NlI
☾ Favourite classics retellings • youtube.com/watch?v=K9XH6ToE2LM
☾ How to get into publishing and my career story • youtube.com/watch?v=nhVB9QNPYOM
I thought it was high time to catch up on all my resolutions and goals from the last few years (including during the first year of Covid) and chat about how to set more realistic goals when you're not sure what to expect from a year!
► Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:14 Rating my (pre-pandemic) 2020 resolutions
5:35 Looking back at my 2021 resolutions
11:57 Best bits of 2021
12:29 Setting 2022 realistic resolutions
16:13 How I'm doing now
► Mentioned in this video
Rosianna's cycling videos:
Wye Valley and Midlands youtube.com/watch?v=S-nSmsrQCiQ
Land's End to Bath youtube.com/watch?v=yxkigu-0OXY
Fat Life Drawing: fatlifedrawing.co.uk
Podcast recs:
- You're Dead to Me
- Books Unbound
- Real Dictators
- The Dropout
- What Page Are You On?
My Books Unbound guest episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/5xwCCytvEZ2doEMvfrrkFC?si=e21684436c8644b0
Gothic novels and non-fiction:
Romantic Outlaws
Carmilla
The Vampire
Charlotte Bronte, A Life
YA Book Prize Shortlist video:
youtube.com/watch?v=gqTsU02m0Yc
First episode of my Literary Travel series (Scottish Borders):
youtube.com/watch?v=ebxBvsXQ9Uw
► My Book Club Journal
booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
► Follow what I'm reading on the Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/profile/booksandquills
Buy books via Bookshop.org and support indie bookshops!
► uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksandquills (ad, contains affiliate links)
► Find me here!
Instagram: instagram.com/booksandquills
TikTok: tiktok.com/booksandquills
Blog (literary travel): booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio: sannevliegenthart.co.uk
► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
► The music in my videos is from Epidemic Sound, which is amazing for online creators! Affiliate link: epidemicsound.com/referral/cqg130
► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
► Some of my favourite videos I’ve made
☾ Let me pick your next book club read • youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jVGYGDCsA
☾ London Room Tour • youtube.com/watch?v=pdaTtDE7TG4
☾ To all the books I’ll never read • youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
☾ Sustainable clothing Q&A • youtube.com/watch?v=BbdtbSjguuI
☾ 10 Things I’ve learned from freelancing • youtube.com/watch?v=xd5DQ0YZpmE
☾ When should you abandon a book? • youtube.com/watch?v=LyqL1oP7NlI
☾ Favourite classics retellings • youtube.com/watch?v=K9XH6ToE2LM
☾ How to get into publishing and my career story • youtube.com/watch?v=nhVB9QNPYOM
