Category: Numbers

Numbers: August 24,2025

Welcome to another Magic Monday, this makes it four weeks in a row, and just one more to go for the whole sweep of August. Also, there’s a couple of posts brewing from another sections of this blog, I finally feel confident that the rhythm of my writing will continue to grow exponentially.

But let’s get into with what we are here for, the progress of the past week.

Concerning the twelve week of current year of reading, well, let’s say it was a little underwhelming. The total was only 904 pages , that’s 447 pages less than the minimal projected for the week, being Saturday the best day of reading with 281 pages. This is a minor setback, but nothing that a few cups of coffee accompanied by some intense reading sessions can’t resolve.

Even with this low result, the total for the year ascended by 900 pages, place it at 13,061 pages. This gets me even closer to the milestone of the year, the 15,000-page mark, which, according to the projection of this week, I should be crossing it in 12 days, that would be September 5, a couple of days more than last week, but my goal is to off-set that little increment by the middle of the week.

For the upcoming week, number thirteen of the year, my goals are clearly set, read at least 1,418 pages, finish the fifth volume of The War of the Spider Queen, Annihilation, currently on page 286 of 411. And finally, and what will live be without some challenges, reach the aforementioned milestone of 15,000 pages. Easy pease

Now for the bigger picture. The monumental task ahead for me to conquer the whole purpose of my beloved project that I started almost 18 years ago, is fortunately getting closer with each passing week.

Let’s start with the 700,000-page mark, the current projection places it on September 2, 2027, that’s a two days decrease from last week. As I have been saying for the last month, I’ll take any progress I can get, and this particular milestone should and will be achieved within the confines of this year of reading.

For my personal favorite milestone, the 750,000-page mark, the current projection places it on January 7, 2029, that’s also a two days decrease from last week. And to spoil a little bit from the incredible trip attached to the achievement of this gargantuan task, I can say that it will take us, that’s me and my partner in crime, on a journey of 2,704 kilometers across the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah, fulfilling a live long dream of standing on one of the most breathtaking deserts of the world.

Respecting the big boy of the party, better known as the 1,000,000-page mark, the current projection puts it on October 8, 2035. And as it was last week, the date decreased by a whole week, and with 4 years 4 months and 2 days of delay, I’ll take every single day closer to my 50th birthday, hoping and working on my reading to make the final leg of this magnificent journey as easy as possible.

As with any great story, the main quest is the final destination, but the side quests is what makes the journey interesting. Speaking of which, my first side quests, or the 49-hours timed reading, had a significant progress, the clock move an impressive 7 hours 50 minutes and 15 seconds, leaving 20 plus hours between me and the new acquisitions for my ever growing book shelves.

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The second side quests, or how to read 100,000 pages in one year, the toll still sits at a hefty 86, 939 pages, which seems unreachable, but with a little elbow grease and 2,163 total pages this week, the goal can remain obtainable. This particular side quest is screaming for a classical Readathon in the style of my favorite challenge of the now extinguished 24in48 marathon, yeah, that’s reading 24 hours over a weekend. I should look into that to give a much needed boost to my year.

To close out this edition of Numbers, and with all the joy of my heart, my At the End total had an increase, right now is projected to tally 839,701 pages by my 50th birthday, that’s an increment of 1,273 from last week.

This always brings me back to my mantra: “ one step at a time, one page at a time “. The most important thing right now is consistency with an added dash of craziness to keep my momentum going forward, because believe me, I’m going to need all the help I can take, that, and vast amounts of caffeine.

A quick recap

  • Total pages (Y-19): 13,601 pages
  • Pages left (Y-19) : 57,143 pages
  • Total pages (General) : 662, 041 pages
  • Date to achieve 750,000 pages: January 7, 2029
  • Date to achieve 1,000,000 pages: October 8, 2035
  • Days behind: 1,585 days

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: August 17,2026

Welcome to another installment of Magic Mondays, being this the third week in a row , fills me with such joy and excitement. I wish to have more time to write, but as long as this section keeps going on like a hum drum, I can mark it as a win.

There’s a post pending from my section Azriel’s Infinite Book Shelf, I finished the fourth volume of the War of the Spider Queen, part of my trek thru The Forgotten Realms, but I’ll get deeper into that sometime tomorrow.

Now, get into this weeks update, and it’s a juicy one.

Concerning the eleventh week of my current year of reading, the total I’m delighted to inform that surpassed the minimal for the week and it finish with 1,540 pages, that’s 189 more pages than needed. Although the week started slowly, Saturday proved to be the perfect boost I needed, finishing with a staggering 712 total pages.

The total for the year ascended to 12,161 pages, putting the next milestone of 15,000 pages within 17 days, and projected, of course if this pace can be maintained, on September 3, that’s 3 days earlier that last week’s projection.

For the week ahead, number twelve of the year, the goal is simple, reach at least 1,416 total pages and get the current book, Annihilation , the fifth volume of The Spider Queen War, to at least 3/4 done, that’s around 200 pages for the week, in between, a lot of DC Comics series that have been on my radar for quite sometime, and now with the subscription is the perfect time to tackle them. I’ll be going thru some of the ones I have read in the next The Journey post.

Now for the bigger picture. As you might know, the next three milestones are quite the handful, but they give me a place to aim my efforts, and on the past weeks, I have seen a steady decrease in the dates to achieve, and seeing this same trend all around the board, that forward momentum, it just rekindles the desire to go and chase pages but more importantly, new adventures.

Anyway, for the most proximate milestone, 700,000 total pages, my current projection puts it at September 4, 2027. That’s 9 days earlier than last week’s projection, Still, my intention is to accomplish this goal within the confines of this year of reading.

As I said in past posts, my personal favorite milestone is the 750,000-page mark, of course is because what’s attached at the end of it, the roadtrip of a lifetime with my partner in crime. Not to give a lot away but this involves rugged desert views, natural wildlife refuge, at least 3 National Parks, and the ancient ruins of a mysterious civilization, and so much more.

But in order to get on the road I must keep on reading, right now, the projection puts this milestone at January 9, 2029, that’s 9 days earlier than last week’s projection

Now for the big boy, the coveted 1,000,000 pages, and subsequently, this milestone to has another trip at the almost end, in this particular one, the plan is to finish the journey at the Emerald City, and get there in style, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

The projection for the whole enchilada is currently on October 15, 2035, that’s 7 days earlier than last week’s projections. Every single day count, even if I’m still 4 years 4 months and 10 days behind, this type of burst in my reading is what keeps moving the date closer to my 50th birthday.

Of course in order to achieve the main story quest, a little wink there to the beloved gamers in my life, I must rely on the side quest that gets me the cool gear. Starting of with my current number one side quest, the 49-hour timed reading.

Much to my surprise, this week, in between all of the grownup chaos, I manage to insert quite the few reading sessions to help me unwind, so much so that the clock moved an astonishing 9 hours 28 minutes and 36 seconds, leaving a little under 28 hours between me and some new acquisitions to my reading ranks.

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On side quest number two, or how to read 100,000 pages in one year, there was also some progress and the toll came down to 87,839 pages, still a monumental task, but one that would be a dream to achieve.

Thankfully with all this forward momentum has bump up the At The End total, also known as the current projected total pages by my 50th birthday keeping the current pace of reading, quite the mouth full, anyway, it sits on 839,460 pages, that’s 1,032 pages more than last week’s projection.

Although this small feats would appear to be not that much, adding it up has brought me from a finishing date in 2042 to 2035 in only a couple of years of dedicated reading.

Now a quick recap:

  • Total pages (Y-19): 12,161 pages
  • Pages left (Y-19): 58,043 pages
  • Total Pages (General) : 661,141 pages
  • Date to achieve 750,000 pages: January 9,2029
  • Date to achieve 1,000,000 pages: October 15, 2035
  • Days behind: 1,593 days

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: August 10, 2026

Welcome to another installment of my Magic Mondays, and I’m happy to tell it’s the second week in a row that this beloved section of my journey has made its way to you.

Let’s get into it.

Concerning the tenth week of my current year of reading, the total was a bit underwhelming, only 1,057 pages, almost 300 less of my minimal average for the week. Although this was not such a satisfactory result, there was a day of over 500 pages, quite the feat.

On a more positive note, the first 10,000 pages of the year were achieved over the weekend, thanks to some reading spurts my total right now sits at 10,639 pages. The next milestone on the horizon will be 15,000 pages, that, according to my projections, it’s 27 days away, that means that by September 6, I should be reaching that achievement.

Entering the eleventh week my goal is to read at least 1,419 pages to get back on track this reading year, it’s not that far off the rails, but that can change really quickly. Still, there’s 301 long days ahead of me before the end of the current year, and as always , the task is to rack up as many pages as possible.

Now let’s talk about the bigger picture, as you know, there’s 3 milestones that have my full attention, 700,000, 750,000 and the coveted 1,000,000 pages. Running the numbers for the week, new dates rise for each of the three.

The 700,000-page mark is projected for September 13, 2027, that’s 2 days gained from last week’s projection. This particular goal is one that I would love to finish before the end of this year of reading, that means June of 2027.

Next is the 750,000-page mark is projected for January 18, 2029. This date also show some improvement from last week’s projection, 3 days gained to be specific. This milestone is a particularly special because it encompasses a mystical trip that I have put off for quite a while and it will alter my future in incredible and fantastic ways, but that’s enough about that for now.

The big boy or the 1,000,000-page mark also show a measly improvement, 4 days of improvement from last week’s projection, which put it at October 22, 2035. I’m still 4 years , 4 months and 17 days behind schedule, fortunately, this number has come down consistently over the last two years. That keeps my spirit up and my hope on the idea that this crazy journey of mine is achievable.

Continuing with my side quests,on the 49-hour timed reading and the acquisition of more reading material, the clock moved quite a bit in my favor racking up 8 hours, 40 minutes and 19 seconds. Leaving still 37 hours of intense reading.

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The second side quests, or how to read 100,000 pages in one year, just crossed into 89,361 pages left to achieve this gargantuan task. In order to get this quest done, my total for the week must be upward of 2,128 pages.

Lastly, my projection for my At the End total sits at 838,428 pages, there’s still a lot of work to be done to get this number over the 1,000,000-page mark, and with 1,765 days left for my 50th birthday, the focus should be nothing less than obsessive.

A quick recap:

  • Total pages (Y-19): 10,639 pages
  • Pages left (Y-19): 59,565 pages
  • Total Pages (General): 659,619
  • Date to Achieve 750,000 pages: January 18, 2029
  • Date to Achieve 1,000,000: October 22, 2035
  • Days Behind: 1,600 days

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: August 3, 2026

Welcome to the glorious return of Magic Mondays, the section of this blog where I torture myself and question why I haven’t read more, you know, normal problems for a book worm.

It’s been 253 days, that’s November 24, 2025 if you’re keeping count, since I made a thorough breakdown of my progress on this crazy journey of mine.

So this will be the first progress report for the nineteenth year of reading. In an earlier post, back in June, I commented that last year was by far my best one, wrangling a whopping 70,570 pages, thus, setting a new standard of total reading that I’m planning to pursue for the remainder years of the project, which aren’t that many.

Well, after almost 2 months of reading, I’m inches away from the first 10,000 pages of the year. My total is at 9,735 pages, this thanks to a plethora of characters, from treacherous Drow to conflicted Dark Knights, let’s say my reading has been nothing short of epic. Still, there’s at least 60,469 pages in front of me.

The next milestones for (Y-19) will be reached firstly 10,000, hopefully in a couple of days, and 15,000 in around 31 days, at the beginning of September, but as always, the objective is to bring that date closer to the middle of August.

Now, for the broader picture, the next big milestones are 700,000, 750,000 and 1,000,000 pages. According to my final projections this first milestone should be achieved by September 15, 2027. The second milestone or the three quarters of that juicy million should be achieved on January 21, 2029, comparing it to my last projection on November of last year, this date has moved up by 399 days, that kind of forward motion is what rekindles my confidence in getting to my goal on my fifteenth birthday.

Lastly, the big boy, that coveted 1,000,000 pages, my last projection put my finishing date by October 26, 2035, and again, if I compared it to November’s projections, I made a leap of 533 days. There’s no secret formula, just consistency and sticking to the mantra: “One step at a time, One page at a time”

I’m still 4 years, 4 months and 21 days behind schedule, but this is no deterrent for me to keep pushing forward, and to further motivate myself, I’m implementing a couple of side-quests.

First, in order to broaden my already swelling book shelves and have more material to dive into, I’m implementing a 49-hour timer that at its completion will hold a couple of books/Graphic Novels/ Manga as a prize at the end of this gargantuan task.

At the end of this 49 hours there’s Relentless, Book 36 of The Legend of Drizzt and Volume 35 of the legendary Manga, Berserk

The second side quest is to finally read 100,000 pages in one year, talk about a gargantuan task. Right now my pace is a bit slow, but with 90,265 pages in front of me, and little over 300 days to do it, the task doesn’t seem that far fetched, now the only thing left to think about is the prize at the end of this journey, if you have any ideas, hit me up on the comments.

As the final note of this edition of numbers, I have been tracking for some years how much, with the projections between average pages per day and days left, will I achieve by the time of my 50th birthday, better know in this project as At The End, well, right now that magic number is at 837, 794 pages. I’ll better get back to the Underdark to keep pounding away those pages

A quick recap

  • Total pages (Y-19): 9,735 pages
  • Pages left (Y-19): 60,469 pages
  • Total pages (General): 658,715 pages
  • Date to achieve 750,000: January 21, 2029
  • Date to achieve 1,000,000: October 26, 2035
  • Days Behind: 1,604 days

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: November 24, 2025

Welcome to another installment of my Magic Mondays, or better known as the special day where I go thru my week’s reading and see how much progress was made on every front of my project.

To start things off let’s talk about the current year, number eighteen, and on this past week, the twenty fifth, I again achieved my total goal,even if just barely.

The total came in at 1,369 pages, that’s 18 over the minimum average for each week. This is the fourth week in a row that I pass the goal, and I hope to keep that trend going. With these results my total page count for the year moves up to 22,486 pages, really good number, but there’s still 47,779 pages to go on the desired total for the year.

My next focus for the year will be to crossed the next three important waypoints, 25,000, 30,000 and 40,000 pages, on the way to the broader goal. For the most proximate goal, I’m 19 days away, which gives me an approximate date of December 13, 2025, followed by 57, with a date of January 20, 2026, and finally 133 days, with a date of April 6, 2026. The 50,000-page mark is still out of range from this year, about 14 days, but with the current pace, I know it will get within this year to achieve.

As always, I will breakdown those gargantuan numbers into more manageable goals. That’s the only way to get over the 70,000-page mark for the first time in this project.

On the broader picture there’s the case of the next big numbers to achieve, 750,000 pages and the coveted 1,000,000 pages .

Right now, I’m 149,104 pages away from those tree quarters of a million pages, and with my daily average, which is around 96 pages per day for the whole project, I’m looking at a finishing date of February 23, 2030, and improvement from last week projection of 9 days.

Now, let’s talk about the big boy, those million pages, the crowning achievement of my journey, and as it turns out, the beginning of another faces of this project, which I’m glad to say, are cooking right now on my mind and my partner in crime , we have some surprises coming up really soon, and in a not so distant future, some post collaboration, I’m not going to spoil the fun with more details, but is going to be really fun and a chance to work with someone I admire and respect so much.

But, in order to make way for new stuff, I must achieve this behemoth of a goal. Which consequently is 4,155 days away, and according to my calculations, will be achieved on April 10, 2037, that will make me 55 years 10 months and 5 days old,still a long ways to go, but moving in the right direction, only this week, I brought down the finishing date by 12 days, those little steps just keep adding up.

With some holidays coming up, and grand plans of weekend-long reading marathons, I’m sure that 2026 will start on a high note.

A quick recap

  • Total pages (Y-18): 22,486 pages
  • Pages left (Y-18) : 47,779 pages
  • Total pages (General) : 600,896 pages
  • Date to achieve 750,000 pages: February 23, 2030
  • Date to achieve 1,000,000 pages : April 10, 2037
  • Days Behind: 2,136 days

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: November 18,2025

Welcome back to was supposed to be another Magic Monday, but let’s call it a whimsical Tuesday, and since I have not posted an update in a few weeks, there’s a lot to go thru.

Let us begin with the current year of reading , number eighteen, currently on week number twenty-five is shaping up to be one of the best so far. I’m aiming to at least be over the 60,000-page mark, but for that the most important thing is to see how the numbers are shaping up.

For the last three weeks, numbers twenty-two to twenty-four, I have achieved the weekly goal, even if just barely. The weekly goal is 1,351 and my total has been 1,363, 1,376 and 1,353. Like I say by the skin of my teeth, but either way, a win is a win. This surge in reading has gotten me to a total of 21,159 pages for the year, with 49,106 pages left on the goal.

The next milestones are reaching 25,000 pages, projected for December 18 of this year. The other two milestones within the reach of this year are 30,000 and 40,000 pages, which projected for January 26, 2026 and April 14, 2026, respectively. The next target will be to get the 50,000-page mark within the reaches of this year, right now the projection is for July 1, 2026, less that a month from the end of the year of reading.

Now for the bigger picture, the next milestone on the docket is reaching 600,000 pages, and I’m so glad to inform that the goal is just about to be conquered. With only 431 pages to go, the projection is to cross that threshold in 4 days. That’s 25 days before the projection that I had over 3 weeks ago.

One of my most coveted milestones is the 750,000- page mark, as I said before, this achievement has attached a very special reward, a road trip to some amazing destinations that culminate in the enchanting Monument Valley. The trip was masterminded by my partner in crime, taking it from a decent idea in the back of my mind to a mesmerizing adventure on the road, savoring the magical air of the desert. That only gives me extra motivation to bring that journey into fruition, because judging with the itinerary proposed to explore, she has a superpower for finding cool and enchanting places, the trip is going to be one for the ages.

With that in mind, the current situation is the next, I have 150,431 pages left to read for the goal, based on the current pace, that will be achieved in 1,568 days, giving us the date of March 4, 2030. Taking into account that the last projection situated that achievement on April 3, 2030, gaining 31 days of time is an accomplishment that should be revered.

For the elephant in the room, the behemoth, the gargantuan task, or better known as the 1,000,000- page mark, my progress was astonishing. I’m 4,173 days away from crossing the finish line. I know it doesn’t sound that promising but bear with me. The last projection situated the finishing date on June 1, 2037. With the last three weeks burst of pages that date move up to April 22, 2037, that’s 41 days earlier than the last projection. I’m still not near the neighborhood of my goal of being 50 by the time I reach my goal, but this gets closer and closer each passing week, right now, I would be 55 years 10 months 17 days old, but this number keeps decreasing , and with it, my hopes to achieve my goals.

For me, this step forward, although they might seem not that transcendent, are exactly the motivation and momentum to keep me pushing forward.There’s still some work to be done, this type of results become a breath of fresh air.

A quick recap

  • Total pages (Y-18) : 21,159 pages
  • Pages left (Y-18) : 49,106 pages
  • Total pages (General) : 599,569 pages
  • Date to achieve 600,000 pages : November 22,2025
  • Date to achieve 750,000 pages : March 4, 2030
  • Date to achieve 1,000,000 pages : April 22, 2037
  • Days Behind : 2,148 days

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: October 27, 2025

Welcome to another installment of my Magic Mondays , this week was not the most productive one, but as always, I greatly enjoyed the process, what’s the point of doing anything if your not enjoying it.

And believe me, I’m reclaiming that joy from the time that the project began, it feels like all the new possibilities, future collaborations, and some plans beyond the written words in this blog, are injecting new energy into this slumbering project.

Even though this week, number twenty-one of this year of reading broke with the streak of the weekly total, I could only read 521 pages, the other activities from the week more than make up for it, my favorite thing was to resurrect the Caffeine Pilgrimage, post coming really soon I promise, and being a collaboration with someone so special that will be integral part of this new era of the blog, just make it worth not having that much progress for the week.

As always adjust will be made, for example, the goal for the current week, number twenty-two, will have to be 1,724 pages. This is typical when my reading doesn’t get quite where it should be. Not that I’m concerned about a little set-back, it’s actually more fuel for the fire and great motivation to dive into my beloved books and get some reading done.

Now, for the order of business, let us start with the most proximate milestone at hand, the 600,000-page mark. With all the milestones, and in sight of the low number for the week, there was a little step back. Nothing catastrophic and easily managed. For this milestone there’s still 4,749 pages to go, and the new projected date is December 16 of this year, three days later that the last projection, but I’m more than happy that is still happening this year.

The next milestone, the 750,000-page mark, and the one that has an amazing prize at the end, further down the road, I will elaborate more on this matter, but the thing that can be shared right now is that it is a 10-day road trip to reconnect with nature. But in order to do so, I must first reach that coveted goal. Right now, there’s 154,749 pages left, last week the project date was March 31, 2030, there was a little 3 day step back and this week date is April 3, 2030. Still, my main goal is to finish around April, 2027, to have at least 4 years to handle the last quarter million pages.

Talking about the final milestone, the coveted 1,000,000-pages left mark, the same as with the other important milestones, a bit of a step back. The date from last week was May 27,2037 and for this week is June 1, 2037 , just like the other two, a 3 day set back. Not a big issue, but one that I must not let happen that often.

This still keep me in around 55 years old when this milestone is achieved, but with consistency and a lot of caffeine, that goal will be conquered, more now that ever, my motivation is sky high.

A quick recap

  • Total Pages (Y-18) : 16,841 pages
  • Pages Left (Y-18) : 53,424 pages
  • Total Pages (General) : 595, 251 pages
  • Date to achieve 600,000: December 16, 2025
  • Date to achieve 750,000: April 3, 2030
  • Date to achieve 1,000,000: June 1,2037
  • Days behind: 2,187 days

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: October 20, 2025

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

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Numbers: October 13, 2025

Welcome back to my Magic Mondays, the blissful day when I get to obsess over how much did I actually progress with my goals, hyperventilate, write about it, and then continue with my reading, because panicking has never been a solution to getting to those pages read.

I’ll start with the most proximate goal, and work myself up to the elephant in the room, those coveted million pages.

To start, there’s only 2,063 days left until the deadline of my project, better known as my 50th birthday, and a whole lot of pages to go thru. But as my mantra has always been, “one page at a time”, the next milestone is of the utmost importance.

But I’m getting ahead of myself, the current year, the 18th of this project, began a little bit slow. In the 20 weeks that have transpired, only 3 have been completed with their respective total projected, those numbers will simply not do. The current total is a meager 15,138 pages , but hope has been regained, the past week was phenomenal, a total of 2,000 pages. and I intend to continue with that pace, in doing so, this could be easily a over 50,000 pages year . I’ll make the remaining 237 days worth every second.

My next big milestone is reaching 600,000 pages. I’m glad to say that is even closer that expected, right now there’s only 6,452 pages left, and with the current pace, I’ll be crossing that goal on December 24 of this year, as always,each day , I’ll strive to bring that date close and closer.

The next milestone , 750,000 pages, is another beast , right now my projection is to get to that goal on April 23, 2030. That would leave only a year and two months to read the remaining 250,000 pages, insane numbers , that quite frankly, I see as impossible to achieve, that’s why my intentions is to reach that three quarter of a million pages no later than April 2027, let’s see how this progress each and every week.

Now, for the aforementioned elephant in the room, the projections place that particular milestone way too far from my original goal. Right now it sits, uncomfortably, at June 14, 2037. That’s 6 years and 8 days too late for my liking. As with all my goals, I’ll keep close tabs on the progression forward, as I said before, “one step at a time, one page at a time”, but right now it will seem that jogging is no longer the method of getting there.

A full sprint is my future, a whole marathon at the speed of a 100 meter race.

So quick recap:

Total pages: 593,548 pages

Date to achieve 600,000: December 24, 2025

Date to achieve 750,000: April 23,2030

Date to achieve 1,000,000: June 14, 2037

Pages left on (Y-18): 55,127 pages

For now, I’m off to read

Azriel

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Numbers: February 18, 2023

I know not quite a Monday but let’s call it a blissful Saturday, and hopefully back to my old writing habits.

My total for the weeks that I didn’t update goes as follows:

  • Week 34: 1,443 pages
  • Week 35: 483 pages
  • Week 36: 821 pages

The only week that gave a little bit over the quota was number 34, but not even close to countering the two awful results of the subsequent weeks. But not all are bad news since my last update, I finished the second volume of Gotrek and Felix´s Adventures and got to around 60% done with Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, thanks to my plans of getting as close as possible for this year’s total quota, a new section of this blog has emerged as a necessity to refocus the daily efforts toward the coveted 1,000,000-page mark.

With events like my 100-day march, the boldness, and the final breath, each day counts toward this year’s success.

Now let’s talk about MY NUMBERS, the current total is 35,949 of the 64,952 pages of this year’s goal, that’s 3,550 pages of progress since my last update, now the next task is to reach the number 4 spot in my top years of reading, which is currently 9,396 pages away. Still, there’s the 3,000-plus week that eludes me, one of the goals for year number fifteen is to have at least one, and finally have the first sigil, representing one of the three aspects of my inspiration, tattooed on my body.

My reading schedule, the Achilles heel of the whole shebang, is 54 days behind, four days more than the last update, this could be worst but as I commented before, this setback is a reflection of the current book that I’m reading being over 1,000 pages, and the return of H.P. Lovecraft’s story collection, a 1,353-page volume, back to my reading rotation gives me slow progress with a big pay off at the end, by the beginning of the 100-day march I should regain the lost ground and then some. My current projections put my total at 51,396 pages that are 13,546 pages less than what I’m comfortable with. The mantra for every morning will continue to be: one step at a time, one page at a time.

I start week thirty-seven with a deficit of 8,086 pages, giving me quite the challenge to balance out this gargantuan number in each of the 15 weeks left on this year of reading. That number for this week is 775 additional pages to the 1,246 pages of the weekly quota.

For the first 500,000 pages, I have only 47,675 pages left, and the new date of reaching that goal is August 23, 2024, that’s around 20 days earlier than the last projection, my sights are still pointed at March 20, 2023, as the desired date to reach the first half of the challenge, now I have 31 days to do so, but according to my current projection, the reality is that I’m 553 days behind schedule.

For the second part of the journey or the other 500,000 pages, my weekly pages needed are now 1,412 with a daily average of 202 pages, one daily page less than the last projection.

Now for the golden prize of 1,000,000 pages, to my delight, the projections put it 6,352 days away, a 62-day gain from the last projection, making the end date July 9, 2040, that’s 3,322 days after the original plan, 38 days less than the last projection. I have to keep reminding myself that my goal is to reach my goal by my 50th birthday, right now, I would be 59 years 1 month, and 4 days old.

To summarize the numbers from my Journey Back.

  • Pages to reach 500,000: 47,675 pages
  • Days to reach 1,000,000: 6,352 days
  • Days behind schedule: 3,322 days

Off to read.

azr.

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