DONE!

With 4 days to spare! I am soooooo thankful that I was able to have the time and determination to finish this goal this year. I don't remember how far I got the first time I tried this but I know in 2010 I had already given up by March because I was so far behind. I don't know if I will ever try this again, maybe. I know next time I read all the scriptures I want it to be at a pace where I can really absorb more of what is being said. So it might not be in just one year.

Tomorrow I start Book of Mormon again and figure out what lesson manual is being used for Gospel Doctrine and work on that lesson and begin memorizing everything! Ok well not everything everything, but currently my list is 100 scripture mastery, the proclamation and some other scriptures that I like, which is lots.

25.25

That is how many pages a day I need to read for the rest of the year. Not many babies due and no deadlines for school so I think this should be do-able. I can read 25 pages a day. I read that many in novels easy and while it takes longer to read scriptures it should still be possible. And I am going to read extra on Sundays and there are 3 Sundays left, though one is Christmas. And sadly I already read the Christmas stories in the Bible. Maybe I haven't read the Book of Mormon one yet.... We'll see. Anyway, should totally be able to do this. 631 pages in 25 days! Theoretically I could read that in 3 days. 200 pages a day is technically possible if I could stay focused....

Off to finish Revelations before working on my projects for the day. That'll be half my needed pages for today. Then I can choose from BofM, D&C or Abraham for my other pages!

24.2

That's how many pages a day I am at for starting tomorrow and finishing on Dec 31st.... 33 a day for starting 12/10. So I have done *some* reading since the last post cuz I was at 36 a day. I think I will be reading lots on Sunday this week. My collage will have to wait, possibly til next year. I am no longer reading footnotes beyond JST and am not pretending to comprehend it all at this point, but I am determined to finish. Next year i will read for comprehension.

I realize it may seem pointless to do it if I am not being able to absorb it all. And it could just be pride that is fueling my determination. But reading slower and looking stuff up just sounds like a pansy pants excuse out of my goal. AGAIN. I have made it further than I ever have before by lots and lots, but my years are only going to get busier from here on out...

Next Year

My 2012 scripture goal is going to be more reasonable. Book of Mormon again plus gospel doctrine lessons (even if I am not in that class) and memorizing ALL the seminary scripture mastery. In seminary I memorized at least half of them I know I did all the BofM & NT ones so it shouldn't be too hard to refresh those and learn the others....

Getting behinder....

Or more behind, whatever. In late Oct I figured out that if I started reading again for real Nov 1 I would have to read 14.3 pages a day and if I waited til Dec 10th (when school is done) I will have to read 41.7 pages a day.

Now since I haven't been reading 14.3 pages a day I am at 15.8 a day from now on or 36.2 a day starting Dec 10th. obviously I am reading now. The Dec 10th thing is to keep me calm about meeting my goal. Kinda like there won't be any school and if you don't do anything until then you can still handle it, plus some motivation cuz 36 pgs a day doesn't sound super fun. But it's better than 41.....

Halfway through Job

I keep being behind.... I have some good birth related excuses for not reading everyday but there weren't as many births as days I missed. Have to be better about this...

Kings, Chronicles & how behind am I?

So Kings and Chronicles are like the Gospels, same basic info just a slightly different take. Probably should have known that before but I don't think I did.

So far I have read 725 chapters. There are 1581 chapters total. So not quite half and we are at 193 days out of 365 so like 53% of the year is gone, but only 46% read. 172 days left with 856 chapters left so we are now at 4.97 chapters a day, which is half a chapter more than the last time I checked.

I am going to try to read Ezra, Nehemiah, Ester & Job this week. Which is quite a bit extra, but I am hoping to get ahead this summer because I know I will have less time once school starts. Also if I read through Job I will be caught up to Proverbs & Psalms which will make it easier to see how many pages I have read with it all in a row and I think it would be good to know how many pages to check on that as well.