“Diary of a Goodreads Challenge: Day 3, Book 5, 21 Books Behind Schedule
It takes a man to admit when heâs way behind on his reading challenge only three days in. And Iâm not a man. Iâm a reading machine.
Iâm behind, okay, but not WAY behind. Not WOEFULLY behind.
Maybe the problem is motivation. Itâs not like being behind on rent where someone will kick you out of your house. When youâre behind on a goodreads challenge, youâre just losing a game, really. No further consequences.
Which is why Iâm starting Peteâs Goodreads Challenge Compliance Enforcement, LLC. If youâre behind more than a couple books on your challenge at the end of the month, youâll get a bill from me in the mail. But donât think about it as a bill from me. Think of it as a bill from yourself, an overdue charge from the bounced check your mouth wrote and your reading canât cash.
Then, to motivate myself, Iâll only touch the money if I catch up on my goal or if I really want to buy something. Or just mostly feel like buying something.
I think this is the perfect plan. Wish Iâd come up with it three days ago. But sometimes a plan needs a minute to steep. Plans are like tea that way.
My plans are also like tea because a lot of them are disgusting. But not everything is a metaphor for plans. Some stuff is just what it is. Like Freud said, sometimes a crappy cup of tea is just a cup of tea someone dunked a cigar in. “