Want to sit around and read books and feel like you’re sticking to your New Year’s resolutions at the same time? Try this reading challenge from Joy Weese Moll:
What do you want to accomplish in the New Year? Will reading a book help you reach your goal, keep your resolution, or complete your project? The New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge starts now and goes through the end of January. Start the year off right by reading books that support your goals, resolutions, and projects.
Whether you want to write a novel, start a new career, or be happier, there are books to aid you in your quest. The New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge is to read one to four books that will stimulate action on your goals. Here are the levels:
Resolved: 1 book
Determined: 2 books
Committed: 3 books
Passionate: 4 booksThe books can all support the same resolution — you could read four books on getting organized, for example. Or, read four books to help with four different projects — one book on moving to a foreign country, one book on health and fitness, one book on small business, and one book on knitting (on your way to becoming a healthy expat entrepreneur with great scarves).
I’m reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin already as part of a read-along with Joy Weese Moll. Since she said that could count towards her New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge, how can I resist trying to add Getting Things Done by David Allen this month and going for the Determined level?
Both of these books are to help me use my time more wisely and balance my hobbies, habits, have-to-dos, and hope-to-dos better. I own both books, also, so reading them and using them will make me feel less guilty about buying them.
It’s not to late to join in! Sign up at Joy’s blog here.
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Glad you joined us! Those are both terrific books to start the new year right by reading.
I’ll have to check your second book out, I’ve never heard of it before.
Fun, like a challenge for a challenge!