A reading challenge

Today I attempted to film a video of myself committing to a challenge to read 50 pages a day for the rest of the year in an attempt to roughly read one book a week. Needless to say, I felt awkward and could not see how filming and sharing this video was going to resonate with me. So instead, here I am. Hello again, familiar words.

An old photo from Gerês, 2015. 

It's true. I'm committing to reading 50 pages a day for the rest of the year, starting August 1st, 2018. Since the start of the month, I've read a book, one book. I felt joyful. I doubt I will be able to read 50 pages a day for every day of the rest of the year - I will undoubtedly fail - but for what it's worth, I will try.

This is how I reached the conclusion to read 50 pages a day... It dawned on me that an average book has about 350 pages, some more, some less. The week has 7 days. I did some basic maths and divided the number of pages by the number of days in the week. 350/7=50 pages a day. Voila. It made it seem so much more manageable to read 50 pages a day than saying one book a week. It's about an hour of reading a day, easier by snapping those moments throughout the day that slowly but surely allow me to read all 50, but somehow not in one go. 

So, my commitment is bound my this post. Reading is to appreciate the present more, switch off from the world and slow down; reading is about making time, overcoming challenges, reminding myself that the world is greater beyond my own reality. 

Currently reading: The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman. 

I'm on GoodReads, should you wish to see me there. 

Much love,

Sofia