Catching up on Checking in

I've been on schedule the last 2 mondays... I just didn't get a chance to post here! As much as the biblein90days.org people encourage reading in small chunks each day, I feel like I get the most out of reading sessions if I read for an hour or more completely interrupted. The last 2 weekends involved some heavy-duty "catch-up" sessions and those left me feeling more like I understood and absorbed more than when I catch a little here and a little there throughout the day.

That being said, having to hurry-up-and-catch up the last few weekends is making this whole process stressful. I am pledging to not get behind this week and get back to my reading one-hour-every-day schedule that I was able to maintain in the beginning.

I have de-prioritized this challenge a little in the past weeks which is what pushes me into the weekend flurry mode. Making sure dinner is on the table by 6-6:30 or finishing another 30 Psalms? Dinner wins. Having a mini-date with Mike who I haven't seen all day or trudge through the rest of Isaiah? Mike wins. Not to say that this challenge is not important to me, but I have realized that I have plenty of wiggle room in my schedule to not fall behind but still keep my priorities in line.

That being said, I'm 1/3 of the way through the reading for today already which is a great start for the week!

Weekly Check-up: February Is Confusing

Well, I was caught up on Sunday - actually, I thought I was ahead a day! But now that the day of the challenge does not match up with the day of the month anymore, I am finding it difficult to remember which "day" I am on! Ooops! I am reading every day, but it seems like I am always behind a little (or a lot) by the weekend. By Monday, though, I am on track! I really enjoy my super-reading-sessions on the weekends the best. Sitting down and just becoming immersed in The Word is much more relaxing than trying to read a little here and a little there. I feel much more in communion with the message. Here's to day 45 this coming Monday - the halfway point of the journey!

Weekly Check-up: 1/3 finished!

I'm very proud to say that I am not behind. It does seem that I get a day or two behind every week, but Sunday is my catch-up day and nothing else is done until my reading is caught up! Yesterday, I read about 2 1/2 days worth and it really felt good. It was suggested in one of the daily e-mails to try breaking your reading down into smaller sittings, but it did not work for me at all. I feel more connected to the readings if I do one long sitting at a time. I feel like I remember it better, too.

January is over and I have read the bible every day since the beginning of this challenge. I am 1/3 of the way through the bible and the feeling is AMAZING! I am also very excited to see what the last 2/3 has in store.