Tag: goals

Reading progress… update #41

Fiction:

  • Dexter, Colin: The Dead of Jericho
  • Dexter, Colin: The Riddle of the Third Mile
  • Dexter, Colin: The Secret of Annexe 3
  • Dexter, Colin: The Wench is Dead

Non-fiction:

  • Glei, Jocelyn K.: Unsubscribe
  • King, Stephen: On Writing

Morning reading:2

  • Aurelius, Marcus: Meditations – Books 1-4
  • The Bible:
    • Romans
    • 1 Corinthians
    • 2 Corinthians
    • Galatians
    • Ephesians – Chapters 1-2
  • Russell, Bertrand: History of Western Philosophy
    • Preface and Introduction
    • Book One: Ancient Philosophy
      • The Rise of Greek Civilisation
      • The Milesian School
  • Seneca: Dialogues and Essays – Introduction and Note on the Text
  1. I started reading the first book from The Once and Future King by T. H. White in the middle of February but life and work have stepped in and slowed my reading progress.[↩]
  2. Conversely, my morning reading continues apace. After finishing ‘On Writing’ and ‘Unsubscribe’, I have added ‘A Room of One’s Own‘ by Virginia Wolf.[↩]

Current status:

Working on my ‘inspiration list’. 💭 A great idea from Colin Devroe’s personal blogging tips.

He kindly commented on my most recent post where I had unearthed an old list of ten things I had learned after a year of blogging.

Sharing his own list of tips, all of which rang true, the following one struck an instant chord:

“In your notebook or notes app write down some topics you’d like to write about someday. Make it long. Like, 50 items. Don’t worry too much about what should be on it just start writing the list down. When you can’t think of anything to write about look at that list and simply pick any one at all and check it off.”

This is a great idea which aligns perfectly with my goal to write more this year. ✍️

Thanks Colin. 🤝

Reading progress… update #3

Fiction:

  • Dexter, Colin: The Dead of Jericho
  • Dexter, Colin: The Riddle of the Third Mile
  • Dexter, Colin: The Secret of Annexe 3
  • Dexter, Colin: The Wench is Dead

Non-fiction:

  • Glei, Jocelyn K.: Unsubscribe
  • King, Stephen: On Writing

Morning reading:

  • Aurelius, Marcus: Meditations – Books 1-3
  • The Bible:
    • Romans
    • 1 Corinthians – Chapters 1-13
  • Russell, Bertrand: History of Western Philosophy – Preface and Introduction
  • Seneca: Dialogues and Essays – Introduction and Note on the Text

Reading progress… update #1

Novels:

  • Dexter, Colin: The Dead of Jericho
  • Dexter, Colin: The Riddle of the Third Mile

Morning reading:

  • Aurelius, Marcus: Meditations – Book 1
  • The Bible: Romans – Chapters 1-4
  • King, Stephen: On Writing – Forewards 1, 2 and 3
  • Russell, Bertrand: History of Western Philosophy – Preface and Introduction
  • Seneca: Dialogues and Essays – Introduction and Note on the Text

Less, More & None (2021)

Less

  • allowing my task list to build up1
  • looking at my mobile phone when people are talking to me
  • reading doomscrolling the news2

More

  • exercise
  • reading3
  • saving money
  • seeking opportunities for personal growth
  • writing

None

  • making excuses when it comes to exercise4
  • skipping my ‘morning reading'5
  1. Do, defer, delegate or delete.[↩]
  2. Once per day is more than enough[↩]
  3. After reading 41 books in 2020, I want to challenge myself to read 50 in 2021.[↩]
  4. I will get outside and run even if it is icy cold or teeming down with rain. And if I really can’t get outside to run then I will work out at home. There are no excuses. There is always enough time, enough ways to keep to fit, and enough tools (apps/videos/guides) to be able to exercise every day.[↩]
  5. One of my daily rituals is to read from a selection of philosophical and theological texts. It helps focus my mind at the start of the day.[↩]