Two weeks ago, I joined an online book club. I’m hoping this move would help me read more books this year and improve on that achievement as I go on. We are a 21-member, all – female group called the bookshelf and I feel really good about it. A few days ago, I posted the article below on the group’s page: What is your reading target? 10 minutes a day? 30 minutes? An hour? A book a week? A month? Quarterly? Annually? One of my 2014 resolutions was to read two (or more) books a month. For someone who claimed to be a voracious reader, this , I admit, was way below my reading standards. But while I played with the idea of increasing my monthly book count, I also considered other areas of my life. I had to be realistic; that’s what the R in the popular S.M.A.R.T goals setting acronym stands for. Because setting the goals are easy. Achieving them…not so much. 2014 started off brilliantly. By the end of February, I had six books under my belt – Mastery, The Art of Speaking Well, Life’s a Pitch, Dreams from my Father, Secret of the Ages & Creative Confidence. I I was on fire! My next book in March was Footprints of an Iconic Diplomat. It took me four months ( shame, shame and more shame) to finish a book that had the word ‘pictorial’ as part of its subtitle! They say it’s the middle months , March – August, that truly tests your determination to stick to your resolutions. I just got proof of that statement. My reading went downhill from there and almost crashed into a valley. It was June already. I fell ill in July and just became strong enough in August to travel for my brother’s wedding. All the while I tried ( I really did) to get back on my reading track”more
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