Month 2! Let’s check how I’ve been doing.

Quick refresher: the aim of the blog is to make me publicly accountable for actually progressing in my hobbies, alongside using Beeminder to fine me if I miss the goal. The three I’m currently tracking and their monthly targets are:

  • Reading: Finish one book per month
  • Writing: Write four posts here per month covering one of the activities (500 word minimum)
  • Pool/snooker - play/practice five times a month

✅ Reading

Another two books finished - Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, and The Muscle Ladder by Jeff Nippard. Reviews listed below. I now have two books currently on the go:

  • Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss on Kindle
  • The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day is proving to be difficult. A really rough description of it is it’s kinda of like Mr Carson from Downton Abbey goes on a road trip across the 1950’s midlands, drip feeding you plot points through memories. I’m halfway through, and it’s starting to pick up, so fingers cross. Outside of starting a new audiobook, I’m going to focus my reading time on these two as much as I can. Really want to get them both finished this month.

✅ Writing

Posts 3 and 4 were trickier for me. I let the deadlines do their job though and a pass is a pass. 5 posts for the month, 1 a week:

✅ Pool/Snooker

Managed five sessions. The last two weren’t great, and I do need to come up with a good way to structure a practice. Snooker in particular has a greater time need; 1 hour around the table just isn’t enough to get any real progress. Either way though, still counts.

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