My books read for 2020 reflect the craziness of the year. I read only 41% of the books I read the year before. Boo hoo me. I put a pause on my book, although I’m about 60% through. With all the “extra time,” it’s strangely hard to think or be creative in the same way.
For me, reading is how I find my rhythm. I start reading and, like meditating, my mind is taken elsewhere and cleared. I put myself outside of my interior world/thoughts and am reminded about all the other big and small things in life.
In 2018 a set my personal record for a whopping 72 books. Here’s what a read, what I didn’t read, recommendations and the few I read in 2017.
Pretty sure the thing that kept my sanity last year was reading. I’d tried before to read a book a week and fell short at 36. In 2016, with a full time job, a 2 hour commute, a regular workout schedule, finding a house, a DIY wedding and a 3-some week honeymoon, I managed to read a hefty 57 books. Here’s what I read…
I had a goal for 2013 to read a book a week. Did I do it? Well… not quite. In fact, at 36 books, I fell quite short. HOWEVER, despite my shortcomings, I am not disappointed. Not in the slightest. For the first time in my life, I have a record of the books I read in a year. And this learned “recording” is now a sustainable habit.
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