Cool Bible Reading Challenge App

I like books.  I love collecting them and put them in a shelf.  I have approximately 100 books arranged like a mini library on a table.  These books cover many different topics of my interest.  From business and financial books to gardening and bonsai cultivation, romantic novels to personality development books, I have them. But the funny thing is, I only finished 3 of them.  If I put it in a scale I'd say I am doing 3 out of 10 thus  my success rate in reading is just 30% while my habit of collecting/buying books is at 100%.  I self assessed and thought: "Where am I going with all these collecting of books while I am not really reading them?"  I did not realize that I am already starting to feel guilty about what I am doing until I saw that these books are already eating up a lot of space on my study table.  I mean, there really isn't wrong about collecting books but the thought of collecting them just for the sake of collecting them does not make any sense.  What  if someone asks me, have you read those books?  I think "no, i have not" is as bad as "no, i just collect them".  There isn't anything productive about that, honestly.   When you collect something, you spend money.  And just like clothes, if you're not really gonna wear them, why bother buying them?  Same as books, if you're not gonna read them, why bother collecting them and spend money.  It is not practical and it forms a habit that isn't really helping.

Although my table looks like a mini library at the moment with very little room to do my other stuff, I somehow feel accomplishment for having one.  It makes me feel that I am somewhat a genius with all those books.  If only I will be able to read all my books and read more, I will definitely be glad to build a bigger library in my house. 

While on the net, I found this article about reading challenge.  I was immediately interested and excited.  I have all the resources for reading and I guess all I need now is a way or a technique to read all of them.  This challenge is just perfect to consider having a start.  Now, of all the books that I desire to finish, THE BIBLE, is my ultimate goal.  To finish reading the entire Bible for me is going to be the biggest accomplishment I can have in this whole reading challenge idea. 

Honestly, I think that me not being able to read the Bible is one of the reasons I why I somehow feel guilty about reading other books and end up just collecting them.  As a Christian, I feel that, it is unfair to read other books while the book in which my religious beliefs are bound is left just like one of those in my collection.

So here is the plan.  God willing, I will and I choose to read the whole Bible within 3 months using an App that I found in Android Market.  This App looks very promising.  I have long been looking for many different ways to read the whole bible and for me, this App is a cool pick. 

So far, all I know is that this app allows you to schedule a day to day reading schedule.  In time, when I have a full grasp of its other features and capabilities, I will share it on my next post.

App name in android market is "90 Days Bible Reading"

The Most Compelling Reasons Why I Blog

When I joined a networking business in 2013, my coach (upline) would always say "For you to be rich, you must be consistent.  You must develop a routine, something that you'll do every day that'll bring you one step closer to the goal and when somebody asks you, why are you doing these things?  You must be ready to answer them with your compelling reason.  Do you have the compelling reason why you want to do this business?  Let me share you mine.  I am doing this because I want to earn PhP 1,000,000 per week.  Ask me how!"  Then the audience would respond with excitement and shout "That's so amazing! Go ahead and teach us how to do it".  I was among those genuinely inspired listeners who would eagerly wait for the next powerful messages that my coach would share as he continued his business presentation.  My coach who was then earning Php300-400K per week never runs out of highly encouraging speeches that everybody were so fascinated to listen to.  Those days were so memorable. 

Finding the compelling reason in whatever you do is the most significant takeaway I have from being a Professional Network Builder at one point in my life. 

Today, I chose to start a personal blog and before I officially enter this new and exciting world of blogging, I decided to make a list of compelling reasons why I thought I have to blog:

1.  I want to express myself.

2.  I want to be heard.

3.  I want to give.

4.  I want to share.

5.  I want to learn.

7.  I want to connect to people.

At first I thought that these were not necessary especially number 2.  Who would care to read or hear what I want to express?  I was already discouraged while having that feeling that no one would really appreciate my work.  Yes I want to give, share and connect to people but I am just a beginner.  I have 0% guarantee that somebody will get something from me or from my blog.  I realized that I was wrong to think of all those things after reading Why Bloggers Blog by Jay Lickus in huffingtonpost.com.

I hope when you are at your wit's end and are thinking of giving up on your life's calling, a bolt of lightning comes out of the blue to rekindle your passion and confirm that what you are doing is really important to others and you really are making a difference in this world.

I was not only wrong.  I also realized that my list was incomplete after finding Joshua Becker's 15 Thoughts on How Blogging Impacts Life at becomingminimalist.com when he made mention of how blogging changes the blogger with personal realizations.

And while there are many articles written about why you should blog to grow your business or become an expert or make a whole bunch of money—the best recommendations are still found in the personal realization that blogging changes you, the writer.

Blogging is indeed an exciting journey to begin and with the right and compelling reasons at hand, I can gladly say that "I am ready to blog!"