the shape of it
What the hundred days usually look like
Disorienting for anyone used to a counter. The reflex to measure output takes about a week to go quiet.
Disorienting for anyone used to a counter. The reflex to measure output takes about a week to go quiet.
Long books stop being expensive. People start picking things they actually want because nothing punishes the choice.
A hundred days recorded. The book count, whatever it is, comes out as a side effect rather than a verdict.
how counting breaks reading
The scoreboard started choosing your books
- Behind schedule turns into a reason to stopOnce the gap is large enough, catching up is implausible and the goal quietly becomes proof you failed. Reading gets abandoned along with the number.
- The count changes what you pick upA three-hundred-page novel costs the same as a novella on the counter. You notice yourself choosing by length and you can feel something going wrong.
- The tracker becomes the relationshipLogging, editing dates, fixing entries that will not update. The admin around reading survives long after the reading itself has stopped.
What the hundred days usually look like
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Where the pages get read
how it runs
Three tasks in the morning, one report at night
before you sign up
Reasonable questions
So I never set a book goal?
Not here. If you keep one elsewhere that is your business, but nothing in the programme asks for it or rewards it.
Then what am I measured on?
Whether the three tasks were written and the report was sent. A hundred days, of which you completed however many you completed.
Is this connected to my Goodreads account?
No. We read nothing from it and write nothing to it. Your log lives in the group.
What if I miss a week?
You report the week you missed and carry on. There is no percentage to fall behind and nothing resets to zero.
How is this different from a free annual challenge?
An annual challenge gives you a target and a list. This gives you a daily obligation, a written report and people who see both.
Three tasks each morning. One report each night. A hundred days of reading.
A hundred days without a number to miss
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- Days counted, books not
- A report with no pace indicator in it
- A hundred days on a fixed calendar, with a group
One email when the next hundred days are scheduled.
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