New Year Resolution 2012
For the first time in twenty two years, I have come around to set a new year’s resolution for myself. Not many would know that I’m a very clumsy reader. My attention span, when it comes to reading, is worse than that of a kid. And resilience more fragile than India’s batting order. The worst part about it all is that I enjoy reading. I could do it on most days without batting an eyelid. But like most others of my generation, I’ve never really been able to incentivize/discipline/get myself to read. And it is time to slice through this big ball of lethargy.
Taking inspiration from Prasad Sawant’s post, I resolve to read 25 books in 2012. If I were a sales guy, I would have set my target as 25000 and then fabricated books, stories and excuses to justify meeting 0.01% of my target. But I do not believe too much in inflated targets or futuristic projections. 25 it will be then! An honest attempt. It’d be really nice if I could somehow overshoot this target. And I’m hoping I will. After all, setting modest targets has always been my forte (much to my dismay, I may add). I’ll maintain the list of books on my sidebar and update it after every read.
25 books in 2012 has to happen! A start this is.
Wish me luck!
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde.