Welcome to another Magic Monday, and for the second week in a row, the goal for the 20th week of this year of reading was achieved. The projection for each week is 1,351, considering that the total for this year is 70,265 pages, the minimal average should be the aforementioned number.
Since the first months of the year weren’t that productive, I adjusted the new weekly average, it fluctuates, but for the current week, number 21, my goal is to read 1,683 pages.
The number is not so far fetched, considering that the last two weeks I had a 1,400 (W-20) and 2,000 (W-19) pages. Only need to be more consistent and try to hit those marks on a regular basis. I have started using a weekly planner and there, let’s say a more simplistic way that my previous reading journals, I can keep track of each day progress.
Now that I understand my reading patterns, the amount of pages that are allocated for each day vary, for example, from Monday to Wednesday, normal reading days, the total should be 168 pages for each day, around 10%. Thursday, for reasons I don’t understand, is typically a more active day, 20% is in order or 336 pages.
Friday is the slowest day, around 118 pages or 7%. Saturday is a wild card, sometimes is the most productive day, sometimes my reading is close to nothing, to be on the safe side, it’s treated like a normal day of reading, another 168 pages. Sunday, now that’s the star of the show, coming in on a whopping 33% or 556 pages, which the last few weeks have been achieved.
Now that this new pattern has emerged, I’ll keep tracking how effective it is, but let’s jump into how things are shaping up for my crazy little projects.
The next big milestones is the 600,000 pages mark, on that front , there’s only 5,155 pages left, and the new date to reaching my next stepping stone is December 13 of this year. That’s a 11 days improvement from last week.
On regarding the next milestone, 750,000 pages mark. The new date is now March 31, 2030. Here there was also a significant improvement of 23 days. This particular milestone has become the engine that’s pulling me along. Once this goal is meet, I’m planning to take a week-long trip thru some magnificent natural reserves, sort of a disconnect to reconnect, coming along this journey is someone really special, who has reignited my passion for the written words and more specially for coming back to capturing my progress thru the project.
The next one is the big fella himself, the coveted 1,000,000 pages mark. I’m so glad to say that this goal also saw some significant improvement on the finishing date. Last week the projection was for June 14, 2037, this week is for May 27, 2037. That’s a 19 days improvement.
These type of steps forward keep me in motion, and hungering for more stories, although there’s still a long way to go, I’m certain that these dates will be keep coming closer to my goal. Right now, I would be 55 years, 11 months, 22 days old when I get to the mountain top, but as always, I’m aiming to be crossing that threshold by my 50th birthday.
A quick recap:
- Total pages (Y-18) : 16,435 pages
- Pages left (Y-18) : 53,830 pages
- Total pages (General) : 594,845
- Date to achieve 600,000 : December 13, 2025
- Date to achieve 750,000 : March 31,2030
- Date to achieve 1,000,000 : May 27, 2037
- Days Behind : 2,183 days
For now, I’m off to read
Azriel
lostinamillionpages.com 
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