(Y-11) The uncertainty of things

As I realize all of the endeavors ahead of me, I have come to the conclusion that maybe it is in my best interest to put this project in second priority.

For what concerns this reading year, the eleventh, which has a mere 29 days left in it, I’ll try to keep track of what I can squeeze in.

Right now my total is 43,485, some 4,220 pages left to reach my best year and 9,515 to reach my goal.

Both, things I have a certainty that I can not achieve.

For the twelve years, I’ll find a simpler way to put down what I read, which I can almost be certain it will be my lowest one yet.

Also, no side projects, that means no old school Monday, no mindful reading, and no caffeine pilgrimage.

I have high hopes for the thirteen years, but I’ll play by ear.

See you soon.

azr.

15 September, 2019 0

(Y-11) Second day of mindful reading

Yesterday’s reading was once again decent, from the three sessions of the mindful reading, I could only do the one in the morning.

49 minutes well spent in the holy desert of Raraku, watching how a holy war is brewing.

I hope to this long weekend, in Mexico we celebrate our independence on the 16th of September, have my three sessions and more.

Because with one month to go in my year of reading, I need all the time possible to reach my goals.

Off to read.

azr.

13 September, 2019 1

(Y-11) 32 days…mindful reading

As I approach the end of this year of reading, which has been beyond amazing, I start to get itchy about my total pages,and how close I got to my goal.

Right now, I have a total of 43,093 pages, that is 4,612 to go in order for this year to be my best one yet, and 9,907 to my ultimate goal.

This got me thinking, some people have work-out routines in which they release some of the stress of the day, and as a bonus keep themselves healthy.

So, with that in mind, I will start a “reading as meditation” routine, some mindful reading if you will, it will be three sessions along the day, 49 minutes in the morning, 21 minutes in the afternoon and another 49 minutes at night.

This will be drop everything, relax, and enjoy a great read, and by the end of the day I will have read for a couple of hours and released some stress.

I will, as much of the things I do with anything related to reading, share my daily experience.

I am glad to say that I will have some great company for this new routine, my good friend Edwin from the blog Lo Que Leemos will be joining, and will be keeping track of the experience.

We will start with a week and take it from there.

And if you what to join, you are more than welcome.

Now, off to read.

azr.

11 September, 2019 4

(Y-11) 34 days…before the day ends.

Just a quick recap of things.

I’m holding on my reading streak in the Bookly app.

As I said on a earlier post, my minimal number of continuous days of reading at 1095, which is 3 years.

On my other goal, my progress is getting some really good push.

I am aiming to being over 600 pages by tomorrow’s evening.

And on that note I am off to read.

azr.

9 September, 2019 0

(Y-11) 37 days…scheming, as always

I have been disconnected from my writing, and even more so from my reading.

As you can see I have little over a month to read about 10,000 pages, is in order to reach my ultimate goal for the year.

With that in mind, I’ll return to use Bookly, it has always been a booster and a great motivator.

So, today, I’ll continue with a reading streak that I hope it will extend at least for 1,000 days.

And while, I’m at it, read those pages.

Off to read.

azr.

7 September, 2019 0

(Y-11) 41 days…an update

This weekend was kind of a slow one.

Took some time to regroup from the crazy week I had.

My reading was decent, in progress, but really rich in content.

So, here are my numbers.

Total pages read in (Y-11): 42,588

Pages to go to reach this year’s goal (53,000): 10,412

Pages to go to surpass my best year of reading (47,705): 5,118

On what concerns my reading schedule, I am 33 days behind and gained some ground on the end date of reaching 500,000.

It came down to July 19,2028 from July 24,2028.

As I said before, any ground gaining is a source of joy.

The plan is to at least move this date to 2024, and those last 7 years until my 50th birthday, I will have to read my ass off.

My immediate goal is to reach 43,500 pages, which is the original total I calculated way back in the day that I started this crazy project, basically, I need that number in order to reach my coveted goal.

Now, it is way more than that.

And with that in mind, I am off to read.

azr.

P.S.

Due to some technical problems with comixology account, there will be no old school monday.

2 September, 2019 0

(Y-11) 43 days…crazy week

This has been a very hectic but really fulfilling week.

We had the chance to roam around our fair city, Ciudad Juarez, with renown Italian professor Francesco Careri .

In our particular outing, we took them to see the border wall and all of the art manifestations people do in this controversial structure.

In all, it was a really unique experience that we will cherish forever.

But with all that running around, I could read only a little.

So, here is where I stand with my numbers.

I have a total of 42,241 pages for this eleventh year of reading, I still have 10,759 pages to read to reach this year’s goal, and 43 days to do it.

I am still 33 days behind my reading schedule, and on reaching my next milestone of reading, 500,000 pages, I have gained a bit of ground, now it is on July 24, 2028. That’s 2 days less than the last time I checked, as I said before, any small motion forward is appreciated.

Now I’ll work on the first volume of the classic Italian supernatural adventure comic Dylan Dog and keep pounding away on House of Chains, the fourth volume of the Malazan Book of the Fallen.

Off to read.

azr.

31 August, 2019 0

(Y-11) 48 days…daily update

I had a fairly good weekend of reading.

So, I reached 41,871 pages of total reading for this year.

That leaves me with 5,834 pages to reach my best year, and 11,219 pages to reach my ultimate goal for this year.

With this reading, I have reached 274, 898 of total pages in this my crazy little project.

On the subject of my reading schedule, I am still 31 days behind, but on a bright note, I have gained some ground in my next major milestone, reading 500,000 pages.

Well, the end date was July 31, 2028, and now it is July 26, 2028.

I’ll take those 5 days and work to get that date closer and closer each passing day.

For today’s menu, some of the visionary work of Peter David.

Off to read.

azr.

26 August, 2019 0

(Y-11) 49 days

I read 130 pages yesterday.

That gives me a total of 41,505 pages, and 11,495 pages to reach my final goal.

Today will be a Dragonero and Dylan Dog kind of day, I’ll try to relax because we have a big week ahead of us, but more on that as the week progress.

On another note, I love football almost as much as reading, let’s say it is a close second, and my team, the Indianapolis Colts, announced the surprising retirement of star quaterback Andrew Luck.

This is really sad, but I get it, he has being battling serious injuries, which didn’t let him go out and play at his full potential.

I’ll miss seeing him in blue every Sunday.