035: On Setting Sustainable Reading/Life Goals

035: On Setting Sustainable Reading/Life Goals

From A Mug of Insights by Robin Waldun

December 31, 2025 · 25 min · Season 3 · Episode 16

About this episode

This episode discusses the failure of resolutions and how to set sustainable reading and life goals for 2026.

On this episode, we'll discuss why most resolutions fail and why ambitious goals tend to crash & burn, alongside a mindset shift to help you set sustainable visions for 2026. Companion article for this episode: https://www.amugofinsights.org/the-missing-piece-in-your-new-years-resolutions/   Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips: https://www.amugofinsights.org/   Also, we've just launched our new series of members' workshops: The Sessions, featuring monthly tutorials & protocols to supercharge your lifelong learning journey. Check out the first session here: https://www.amugofinsights.org/tag/sessions/ Download the digital notebook I use to organise ideas for these episodes: https://www.rcwaldun.com/your-syntopicon   My classes on rediscovering the joys of reading & writing: https://www.rcwaldun.com/classes   Legal: This episode was produced and published under the imprint of © Literary. Publication. Our design consultant for the show is Victoria Aitken, and the intro/outro music, 'Armchair Expert' was composed and performed under the music project…

People in this episode

Host: Robin Waldun

Topics covered

  • sustainable goals
  • reading
  • life goals
  • mindset shift
  • resolutions
  • lifelong learning

Keywords

  • resolutions
  • sustainable goals
  • reading life
  • mindset
  • lifelong learning
  • goal setting

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Organizations: A Mug of Insights, Literary. Publication, Spotify, The Woods, rcwaldun.com, amugofinsights.org

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