I’ve pledged to read about 25 paperback pages, or a minimum of an hour a day, every day for life.
I’m a part-time English literature undergrad, who takes a course at the prestigious University Of Toronto every year.
This year I realized that I would have to read 8 books and about twenty short stories for my two half-courses.
I figured what the heck. Might as well dock it, time it, and make sure it occurs. Why not every day for life?
At about an hour’s reading, you could knock off a book every two weeks. That’s 2-3 books a month. That’s probably 24-36 books a year.
To commiserate “my yout”; which wasted on video games, and sci-fi and fantasy books, I will attempt to read, on a kindle, the top 100 of science fiction and fantasy books. That’s more than 100+ books. This could take me three to five years if I put in the work and read for about an hour a day. (edit: It’s actually several hundred books. It could take me a decade or more to read all of them if I’m reading at one hour a day!)
By that time I should be finishing my degree in English literature and starting to spend more and more of my free time writing and less of it playing things like World Of Warcraft.
Besides, I’m a hearthstone streamer now. Don’t @ me. one or two seshes a week and all the quests are done.
I even have two twitch accounts for now, none of which is partnered (so you can’t subscribe, but you can follow me):
www.twitch.tv/StephenMiniotis
www.twitch.tv/NCSmuzik
Anyway, back to reading. I would love for this to eventually be a charity goal of mine. And if I complete it, I donate to charity or raise funds. I’m huge into literacy and books. Would also love to be a sponsored reader somehow. We’ll see.
If you pledge today to beat me and read more than me, I will smile. I think often how many people don’t read at all and it terrifies me. I hope this inspires you. Despite my illness (i.e. distracting voices, schizophrenia), I will persevere and even graduate.
Yours truly,
Steve Mini from the 6ix.
Edit: Post-script: Actually, the top 100 books of all time are several hundred volumes. eg. Lord Of The Rings is 3-4 books. Reading them all could take me longer than I thought, possibly a decade. Anyway, my kindle is now loaded up and ready to go!
Cheers.
