In my head there is this library, housing books I have read and many more books I want to read. It is an endless bookshelf, and it will be a long time before I see all of the books on it.
The next few months I am in a literature class
With 8 assigned non-fiction books to analyze
There are many more I want to reflect on
And hence my reading list is growing in size.
I have never had a reading tracker before
Never set minimum targets of pages to read
But with so many books I want to devour
Time management is necessary!
My bullet journal by my side
Reminding me to not spend excessively on books
I thought a reading tracker would keep me
Accountable to finishing what I have before I visit the bookstore.
I decided to add a reading tracker to my bullet journal for this first quarter of 2018. It has books that I definitely have to read as part of my literature course and also books related to teaching that I want to learn more.
I calculated the number of pages that was going to be in total (~2100). Some are chapter books and other are not so I decided to set a minimum target of 30 pages per day during the week and 60 pages per day for weekends. I don’t have any classes on Thursday and that would be my catch-up or get-ahead day.
While organizing, we often break the tasks down into numbers. It feels mechanical and that is partly why I have never done this before. But I have never had to read books this way — my choice of books so far as been defined by me and irrespective of genre, I was reading for fun, whenever I felt like.
However, needs change with time and if by setting targets of pages might help me read more, if committing myself to reading at least some pages everyday will let me not only read the books I have been assigned (they are quite interesting) and reflect as I read (with reference to the teaching-relating books, top shelf), it is worth a try.
There are another 30 books on my Amazon wish list that are related to teaching but I am cognizant of not wanting to overwhelm myself or deviating from my goal or reading many books at one time. Hence, I have promised myself that when I finish all my teacher books this quarter, I can buy from my wish list. Hence, visit to Chapters has been postponed for a while.
Who could have thought self-control would be so difficult? 😉
Do you use a reading tracker or something similar? How has that worked out for you?
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