My reading pace has slowed so significantly that I really have to be more picky as to the books I read – when I’m reading maybe 5 a month I have got to be selective as to what those 5 are. I was somewhat selective before, in that if I didn’t like a book I might not finish it, but I was much more willing to read randomly.
So, this year I’m going to set some specific goals. My overall intent is to:
- Read for Spiritual growth
- Read for increased knowledge regarding parenting
- Read for personal growth
- Read for general interest
How does that work? Well, for January my reading goals were:
- Close Enough to Hear God Breathe (Spiritual growth)
- Don’t Make Me Count to Three (Parenting knowledge)
- Simple Blogging(Personal growth)
- Moonwalking with Einstein (General interest)
My other big goals is to tackle the ridiculous pile of unread books I own, rather than just reading library books. I’m going to add one book a month from my own stash to my reading goals. Those are mostly in the Spiritual growth and parenting knowledge categories; I don’t own very many that would fit into the other categories.
This week I plan to start compiling a list of some of the books I want to read in 2012, and I’ll share that list next week.
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