Whether you want to improve your health, jumpstart your career, get organized, expand your horizons, or read more, the library can help you achieve your goals for the coming year!
If you haven’t visited the library in awhile or haven’t had a chance to sign up for a library card, now is the time. Not only does the library have physical and digital resources that can improve your life, but they are all FREE. So you can instantly get to work on any resolutions that involve financial health.
Read More
Libraries are a treasure trove for bibliophiles, with collections ranging across genres, formats, and reading levels.
Get working on this goal right away by joining our Winter Reading Program. To keep up the momentum all year, join our monthly online reading challenges on the Beanstack app, join a book club at your local library, or start your own book club and check out Book Club Kits.
Prioritize Health & Fitness
Find inspiration to get moving, eat healthier, and practice self care in books, magazines, videos, and more.
To keep you motivated, download an audiobook to listen to while you exercise.
Sign up for our virtual Winter Hikes in NCW program in January to get new ideas for getting outside from the Washington Trail Association.
Check out a light therapy lamp to help improve sleep, mood, focus, and energy during the grey winter months.
Get Organized
Find new ideas for organizing your home, office, and life in books and magazines.
Connect with Others
Libraries are gathering spaces, where you can meet up with friends, meet new people, and help you feel part of a larger community.
Attend a library program.
Meet up with friends at one of our 30 branch libraries to catch up.
Plan a play date for children at your community library.
Join a book club at the library.
Join your local Friends of the Library.
Improve Your Finances
Learn to budget, how to save money, how to make money, and how to invest money by reading informative books and magazines or watching online courses.
Watch the Keys to Success in Personal Finance series on LinkedIn Learning.
Before making big purchases, check out Consumer Reports to make wise spending choices.
Learn new skills that may help you get a promotion or find a better job with Peterson’s Test and Career Prep and Microsoft Learn.
Start a New Hobby
Our libraries are offering a wide range of programs and activities in January to help meet this goal! We also have many books, videos and online resources to help you learn from the comfort of your home.
Take ukulele lessons through our Peshastin Library. Contact the library at peshastin@ncwlibraries.org or (509) 548-7821 to find out times and see if lender ukuleles are available.
Join the Beginner’s Guide to Dungeons & Dragons program at our Leavenworth Library.
Get together with other knitters and/or crafters in weekly programs at our Chelan, Curlew, Omak, and Republic libraries. Check the online calendar for times and locations.
Learn how to grow and take care of house plants at our Waterville Library.
Attend a bullet journaling workshop at our Moses Lake Library.
Watch an instructional Hobbies & Crafts video on Kanopy to learn sewing, embroidery, quilting, sawing, and more.
Browse magazines to learn how to do just about any craft project, from woodworking to crochet to journaling.
Sign up for CreativeBug for free with your library card for access to the online learning platform offering high-quality, on-demand tutorials taught by renowned instructors on a variety of creative topics, including sewing, knitting, painting, baking, and more. Creativebug offers a range of classes that cater to all skill level.
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