1 Million Pages Goal

Any of you out there struggling with the not knowing how long this isolation and interruption of normal life will last?  My family definitely is.

There are lots of ways we are coping with this.  We all need things to do and things to look forward to.  An opportunity came up for us at the end of the week.  My twins are in an online class with our homeschool co-op and this week in class, the students made a goal to collectively read 1 million pages in the next 8 weeks.  There are about 10 students in the class.  Do the math.  That's probably not possible for 10 middle-grade students (or any 10 people) to do in 8 weeks.  Recognizing this, but not wanting to discourage this reading enthusiasm, the teacher decided to invite all the families of LEAF to participate along with these students and contribute to their goal.  Between all of us (There are nearly 100 of us), we have a chance of pulling it off.  Especially since we all have so much time to read.

It's exciting to have a big goal to work on now!  And getting lost in stories is such a healthy escape from all the anxiety of the moment.  Working on this big goal together will help us all become better readers, help us feel connected to each other, give us something to think about besides the current crisis, give us all something worthwhile to do, and ultimately, it will be fun!

Is there a big goal you've thought about doing but not found the time for yet?  This is the time!  Nothing is too big to consider.  Obviously there are some limits related to the current crisis (probably not the time to tour all 50 states) but there is sooooo much we can do right now.  What will you do with this opportunity?