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Daily Reading Goals
I got a bit sick yesterday, but also, I need to learn to manage my time better when I don't have "anything" to do :/Wednesday's Goals:
-100 pages
-125 pages 
-114 pages Goal: 339 Read: Honestly, I don't remember. Should've written it down as soon as I read xD
So, occasionally I have this situation where a bunch of books are due back at the library, or none of the books I was reading was appealing to me at the moment, and before I know it, my currently reading jumps from it's normal 7-10 up to 15-20! That's too much even for me to keep track of!Wednesday's Goals:
(253/120)Ebooks (25 Pages Each)
(308/200)Physical Books (25 Pages Each)
(55/75)Rereads:
(47/105) Read 500 Pages in Total: (668/500)
Finish 2 Books (2/2)
Dichotomy Girl, I absolutely love how you set up your reading goals as like a total page count goal. It's awesome! Do you only keep track of your goals on here or do you keep them in a notebook as well? I used to do reading goals every day (hence why I made this thread) but I sort of fell off the wagon and haven't read in months. I like writing things down and being able to see them on paper and I sort of want to try the way you do your goals. I don't read nearly as many books at one time as you do but I still love the way you set them up and it seems to work out great for you!
Jacquelyn wrote: "Dichotomy Girl, I absolutely love how you set up your reading goals as like a total page count goal. It's awesome! Do you only keep track of your goals on here or do you keep them in a notebook as ..."LOL, I am seriously, such a complete geek. I'm a bookkeeper by trade, so in addition to tracking them here, I have a spreadsheet. I just started tracking my pages this year. Tracking my books read goes back to 2007. (10 Years! It's Crazy!)
I didn't used to read nearly so many books at the same time (maybe 3?) and never had any particular goals other than to enjoy reading. Maybe 3 years ago, I started aiming for a book a day on average. However, that put a weird kind of pressure on me, because some books are better reading slowly, and sometimes you aren't in the mood for a book, or it makes you strangely anxious and stressed (I take my books way too seriously!).
So when I started giving myself daily goal of 350 pages rather than one book, I found I actually read so much more. Because I can read as little or as much of a book as I want, and then move on to something else.
As a completely unexpected benefit, I always had a problem with recall. Because I was reading 300+ books a year, if you asked me 6 months later about a particular book, I could potentially remember very little of it, having spent only one day on it. But I've found that I remember much about books if rather than reading 10 different books on 10 consecutive days, I take 10 days to read those 10 books.
So, I highly suggest the tracking pages method, especially for those who have gotten out of the habit of reading or feel like they don't have much time. I suggested to a friend that they start with a daily goal of something that is easily doable for their schedule, say 10 pages, and every week increase it by 5 to 10 pages until you are where you want to be.
This response has turned out crazy long, because you pretty much made my day by asking about the place where my obsessions of reading and organization meet!
I'll end with some random statistics, ;)
Pages read in 2017: 90579
Avg per day: 470 (this increases to 523 if you don't count Saturdays, my non-reading day)
Most read in a day: 1463
TL;DR: Spreadsheets, numbers, blah blah blah, reading is great!
Wednesday Goal: Only one today!
Dichotomy Girl wrote: "Jacquelyn wrote: "Dichotomy Girl, I absolutely love how you set up your reading goals as like a total page count goal. It's awesome! Do you only keep track of your goals on here or do you keep them..."Oh wow! I love your organization skills with it, I don't read as many books at the same time, the most I'll do is read 3 books. But I love how your setup is!! It's making me really want to find a different way to set up my daily reading goals. :)
That is really so awesome!!! I started yesterday and I just have a fresh notebook. My goal yesterday was 100 pages and I read 106. My goal today is to read 150 and each day I reevaluate my goal based on what I have planned for the day. Right now, I'm reading 2 books at a time but sometimes I read 5-6. I really do love the way you organize everything!Those statistics are SO awesome! I love statistics and reading and organization so having all three in one spot is so cool to me. So do you never read on Saturdays? Is that a decision or are you just too busy to read?
I am also trying to think of a way to write in weekly wrapup stats but I'm trying to decide what to include.
@Trinity - I'm glad I can inspire! :)@Jacquelyn - Re: Saturdays. I don't necessarily plan not to read on that day. But it's usually cleaning, groceries, laundry, and family day. and it's the one day that no one has to work, sleep at strange times (my husband), and we actually get to see each other. Plus, I have a 6-year old daughter, and the poor girl is fairly extroverted. Unfortunately for her, she is an only child and being raised by two introverts. So we try our best to spend as much time with her on Saturday's as possible.
20% in
35% in
Finish
Thursday's Goals:Audiobooks (150 "pages")
(135/150)Ebooks (200 Pages):
(197/200)Physical Books (50 Pages):
(82/50)Misc: 100 Pages (63/100)
Read 500 pages in Total: (477/500)
Finish 3 books (2/3)
80% in
45% in
Start
Also finish 3 reviews
Book's Finished:
Thursday: There's a tornado warning for my town (my first ever!) and everything was so dark all day -- I couldn't walk without a light on my hand. I was so paranoid of turning on anything electronic so I just read...
-90 pages (92)
-128 pages (133)
-93 pages Goal: 311 Read: 225
For The Weekend Read 1000 pages in any combination, and finish 5 books:
Total Pages Read: (1860/1000)
Books Finished: (8/5)
Friday Goals:
- Ch. 32 and 33
- Pg. 244 - 264 (20 pages)
65% in
Start
Start
Also finish 3 reviews
Sunday's Goals: -Finish (79 pages)
-Finish (102 pages)
-82 pages
-One chapter -9% -25 pages -30 pages
-93 pages Goal: 411 Read: 236
Monday Goals:Audiobooks (150 "pages")
(415/150)Fiction (200 pages):
(80/200)Nonfiction (100 Pages)
(53/100)Misc (50 Pages): (0/50)
Read 500 pages in Total: (549/500)
Monday's Goals: -not a goal, just as much as possible (7 pages) -One chapter -3% -8 pages
-Finish part -19 pages -One chapter -13 pages -30 pages (35 pages)Goal: 70 Read: 82
Today I'm going to pick out just a few books that I want to make significant progress in/finish and lump everything else under Misc.Finish:
(139/180)Read 200 pages of:
(310/200)Misc: 120 Pages (225/120)
Read 500 pages total (674/500)
Finish 2 books: (3/2)
Tuesday:
-One chapter -11 pages (17 pages) -114 pages -10 pages -One chapter -14 pages -Finish -108 pagesGoal: 257 Read: 263
Wednesday's Goals:Finish:
(64/144)Read 200 Pages of:
(190/200)Start and read 25 pages:
(0/25)Misc: 131 Pages (580/131)
Read 500 Pages Total: (834/500)
Wednesday: -One chapter -12 pages -85 pages (100 pages) -21 pages
-80 pages
-13% -37 pagesGoal: 235 Read: 133
WOOHOO!! I hope everyone gets their goal today!
My goals:Finish:
DONEget farther in:
(now over 200 pages in) DONE!start:
DONE!
(39% read) DONE!
DONE!
My goals for today:Read
DONEFinish
DONEFinish
DONERead 25%
Start
DONE 28%
Read a lot yesterday, but didn't actually make most of my goals, lolThursday Goals:
Read 300 Pages:
(283/300)Misc: 200 Pages (149/200)
Read 500 Pages in Total: (432/500)
I accomplished all of my goals yesterday except for one.My goals for today:
Read 25%
Read 31%
Start
Start
I will re-evaluate later today after my dental appointment.
Phew! got through yesterday's goal!Now for today:
FINISH:
Get half way in:
Start:
Stressful night/morning. I think I slept two hours ._. -One chapter -14 pages
-95 pagesGoal: 109 Read: 14
I got back home from Japan yesterday and now I have a lot of catching up to do. So, today I want to: Finish (20 pages)
DONE Finish (58 pages)
DONERead 100 pages
Continue reading
DONE
Friday: -One chapter -20 pages -Finish -191 pages
-118 pages -50 pages (53)
-22% -61 pages -(10% -28)
-87 pages (179)Goal: 440 Read: 589
I'm finally back from Japan so now I have a lot of catching up to do! My goals today are:Read chapters 2-6 of
DONEFinish part 3 of
DONEStart
DONERead chapters 23-25 of
DONERead chapters 2-5 of
DONE
Finish
complete5 chapters of
completeStart
Epic Failure on yesterday's goals. I read NO pages...zero! My goals for today:
Read 25%
Read 31%
Start
Start
Today's goals:5 chapters of
DONEChapters 53-55 of
DONEFinish
DONEChapters 7-10 of
Chapters 1-5 of
Saturday: -One chapter -14 pages (23)
-132 pages
-50 pages
-20% -56 pages Goal: 252 Read: 23
My goals for today are:
finish (92 pages)
finish (52 pages)
Goals for today are to help me finish my books so I can start with new ones for the read-a-thon.Finish
Finish
Finish
(IF I can get the book again...had to return it when I was 67% done)
5 chapters of
Start
To 85%
My goals for Monday are:
read 100 pages
start DONE
I hope you all meet your goals and get tons of reading done!I have out of town company who came Friday and will be here through next weekend, so my reading is going to be small for me, and I might not make it around every day.
I'm not going to make any goals today as I lumped last Friday through today on my page count tracker, but hopefully I'll get to make a small one tomorrow.
Good Luck to you all!
Tuesday:
-66 pages -16% -45 pages 
-15% -48 pages
-86 pages
-54 pagesGoal: 299 Read: 197
My goals for Tuesday:
- 100 pages
- 320 pages (Start & Finish)
Goals for today:
- 50 pages
- 100 pages
- 50 pages
- 100 pages
Working a full day today, so might be able to get some audiobooks in.Tuesday Goals:
Read 150 "pages" from Audiobooks:
(505/150)Read 100 Pages from Ebooks:
(40/100)Misc: 100 Pages (363/100)
Read 350 Pages in Total: (908/350)
Wed. Goals:Audiobooks (100 "pages)
(94/100)Misc: 100 Pages (380/100)
Read 200 Pages Total (474/200)
Goals for Thursday:
Read 50 pages
Start
Read 80 pages
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