{"id":356,"date":"2023-12-21T21:44:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2023-12-21T21:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:44:20","slug":"aim-for-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"Aim For The Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the end of last year, I set a reading challenge\/aim to read 54 books in 2023. This was based on my logic that I could read and finish one book each week, which accumulates to roughly 52 books yearly. Just for fun, I added two more books to that and it became a target of 54 for the year 2023. I added this goal in Goodread, which makes it easy for two reasons. Firstly Goodread is owned by Amazon and it automatically tracks any book that I read through Kindle. Secondly it shows how many I should read every monthly, and whether I am on target or not to complete my goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sad to say, I am not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-5.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of my Goodread's profile\" class=\"wp-image-357\" title=\"Screenshot of my Goodread's profile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-5.png 651w, https:\/\/farisismail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-5-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>I am short of 18 books and I have only 10 more days before the end of this year. Divided, I need to read 2 books a day! Needless to say, it won&#8217;t be humanely possible for me to complete my goal. What a disappointment, or so I thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then I looked at the goals from previous year, and I was reminded how I did previously and also partly reason why I set such a high target to complete for 2023. If I were to compare to my last year target, I have read welllll over 2022 goal. And also there are patterns here: 1. I never manage to achieve my yearly target. 2. The number of the books that I manage to read increases yearly.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-6.png 372w, https:\/\/farisismail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-6-189x300.png 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Based on this rough analysis, I can safely say and console myself that I have done quite well. Of course I should continue to improve by &#8211; you guess it right &#8211; setting an even higher target next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest too, some of the books that I read was pop\/rubbish books which are more for pleasure reading. This is not necessarily bad, but I need to also add an aim to read more &#8216;beneficial&#8217; books next year, as I can&#8217;t read an infinite number of books, I should make them worthwhile. And who knows, I might be even manage to finish my goal insyaAllah, and it would be greater if the books that I read are all the ones I am proud of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of last year, I set a reading challenge\/aim to read 54 books in 2023. This was based on my logic that I could read and finish one book each week, which accumulates to roughly 52 books yearly. 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