Just hit 250 movies logged on my Letterboxd this year and I'm weirdly annoyed at myself

I didn't realize I was that close to a round number until last night, and now I feel like I need to pad it to 300 before December just to make it feel intentional. Has anyone else gotten weirdly fixated on a milestone like that without meaning to?

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jones.brooke13d ago

I hit 500 movies last year and felt the exact same way, ended up binging 20 horror movies in two days just to get to 520 and feel better about it. What worked for me was setting a dumb little goal like 275 instead of jumping straight to 300, made it feel less pressure. I just started watching shorter older movies under 90 minutes to knock out numbers fast without burning out. By October I was at 310 without even trying too hard.

adam_hernandez13d ago

Man that whole approach sounds like turning hobbies into homework lol. The second I start optimizing my movie watching like it's a side hustle with production targets, I lose whatever made me want to watch movies in the first place. Banging out 20 horror flicks in two days just to inflate a number sounds more like punishment than fun. If I ever get to the point where I'm exclusively watching 80 minute B-movies to hit a spreadsheet goal, I think I'd rather just accept my 500 and move on with my life.

abby18913d agoOG Member

My buddy Tom hit 1,000 books on Goodreads last year. He was stuck at 998 for three weeks. He wouldn't read anything over 200 pages just to get to 1,000. Ended up finishing a kids picture book from the library to finally hit it. Felt so dumb about it he deleted his account for a week.