*Author's note: this is the 600th post at My Own Manifesto. Kind of a big deal*
So I made a resolution to read six books this year. Not the greatest resolution ever and kind of setting the low for an entire year, but reading one book in two months is a decent clip for me, so I'm sticking with it. Besides, resolutions don't have to be an earth shattering goal. Sometimes smaller, easier goals are the way to go.
The best way that I can see going about this is setting a day to day goal for the books. The one that I am reading right now is 450 some pages. So, I figured that if I read ten pages a day, I would be able to finish the book in a month and a half. Right now, I'm on page 145, so I'm a little behind. To be fair, I worked closing shifts most of the week last week so it threw a kink into the plan, but I have the day off today so I might find some time to pick up the slack. Besides, there is still a fifteen day grace period between the second a third month in which I need to finish this book (if I keep on the pace of two months per book). But that's a bad way to look at it. Plus, it isn't like I'm going to wait for the two months to end in the event that I finish a book a little early. That just means that there is more time to read the next book.
With the novels, it might be a little more difficult to just read ten pages a day. Just reading ten pages can leave you in the midst of great story development or a character revelation. Who wants to stop half way through that? With the history books, you are reading for knowledge. Pretty dry stuff despite the fact that it is really interesting. It's history, it has already happened. It's not going anywhere you don't expect it to take a big twist. That is part of the fun with the history books. It is more about analysis and opinion than it is about the main character and story line.
At least I find it fun.
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