Week 52 Day 365
Tomorrow I’ll start reading through the bible.
My goal will be to read about 100 chapters per month (there’s 1189 chapters in the bible so…1189 divided by 12 = ~99.08 chapters/month).
The plan I used this year goes like this:
January: Genesis 1 – Leviticus 10
February: Leviticus 11 – Joshua 24
March: Judges – I Kings
April: II Kings – Ezra
May: Nehemiah – Psalm 35
June: Psalm 36 – 150
July: Proverbs – Isaiah
August: Jeremiah – Ezekiel
September: Daniel – Malachi
October: Gospels – Acts 10
November: Acts 11 – Philemon
December: Hebrews – Revelation
Even though that’s my basic plan I’ve already decided to deviate from it. I’m going to read one psalm per day (give-or-take) plus my scheduled readings – that worked pretty well for me last year.
I remember that I made one unplanned-deviation last year – instead of reading all the histories back-to-back I took a break after 2 Kings and read Isaiah. (On April 19/21 I explained the adjustment this way: for some reason the thought of starting in on Chronicles today seemed too weighty so I’ve decided not to keep reading in bible order. (Whatever that meant.))
As far as plans and resolutions go December 31 is maybe the easiest day of the year. I get to sketch-out my hypothetical future.
Things start to get more complicated on January 1 when I try to impose my plan on 2022…and when 2022 starts imposing its plans on me.