April: /lunchbreak
It sort of doesn’t feel like it’s been a month with this goal? I think it’s still settling in, really. Most days I am managing to get at least 20 minutes away from the PC for lunch.
I’m not sure what that will look like in the next few weeks/months as I’m potentially taking on a new client/more work to fill up the time I’m no longer studying… but we’ll see. I’m keeping the goal active for now.
May: /finishline
I have about 30 books on my “currently reading” list on StoryGraph, and I think that’s not including books I’ve officially indicated are “on pause”. I used to read like this all the time and loved it, but it is a bit overwhelming and leaves some books unfinished for a long time, sometimes even so long I forget where I’m up to.
So this goal is intended to tackle this a bit without treating it as a backlog to be whittled down per se. It’s a simple one: read 15 minutes of whatever book I’m closest to finishing. That should in theory help books get finished and off the list, without meaning I’m necessarily always reading the same book or focusing on books I’ve lost interest in or whatever.
I’m not sure how well it will work, it might end up only treading water and constantly reading whatever’s newest and shiniest, but we’ll see. I chose 15 minutes to start with because it’s doable pretty much any time, but I might increase or decrease it depending on how things go.