Mini Goal, 56 Articles Plus 3 More and 1 Book
Yesterday morning, I gave me a mini goal which is to read 56 articles and 1 book, so what I will write in this post is actually the result.
RESULT = I FAIL (not too far from achieving this goal)
First, let me give you a brief about what and why I am doing this.
Why 56 articles and what type of article?
I am shame about this, 56 is not a special number or a limit only for this goal. It was the article I have bookmarked for a very long time and the list keep growing every single day, so in order to be able to read all the article, I have to read it today, else it would be a huge list and I will be like spend time reading a book.
All these articles include a wide range of content, article about design, web, news, gossip, inspiration, copywriting, internet marketing, interview, history and tutorial. There are something I need to know, something I need to learn, and something I enjoy reading for.
Why plus 3 more?
Some of the articles link to another article, I only do further reading when the original article is excellent written and there are still something I need to find out, to clear my doubt.
There are good and bad article in these 56 articles, I filtered 6 bad one and bookmarked 5 again which I am going to read again next week. This happened very often because I did not read the full article when I bookmark it, I just scan through some point, and see whether I feel interest in the story or may be the writing.
1 Books - The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
The time I was writing this post is 11.46pm yesterday, and I was fail to accomplish this goal, I have only read 84/170 pages of this book. Probably because I spent too much time hanging out with friend, which is the biggest distraction I have now. Friend asked to go night market while I was reading this book, and I was totally forgot about my mini goal and said “sure, no problem”. I realized what I am suppose to do once I back to home and it was too late.
The book is great, Leo Babauta the auther of this book teaches you how to increase your productivity and efficiency by working simply, which enable you to do less, be more effective, get more done and simplify your life. Lots of note are taken and I read some of the paragraph twice to make sure I fully understand the concept, so it took me twice the time I normally use in a book.
No excuse, I fail, but I would rather said 70% accomplishment.
70% accomplishment, why?
Two reason + 1:
- I have read all the article + 3 more extra.
- I have read almost half of the book.
and the last reason is that I have learn a lot, and I don’t want to be too harsh to myself. I have never done this before and I am really getting this work this time, and I know I will be better next time!