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"
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