A Long-Delayed Reflection Post
Only a month late, but whoās counting 
First, I will start with accomplishments!
- With someā¦bending of the rules (
) I did keep my streak and read every day! - I didnāt finish High Speed, but I did read 162.5/228 pages, soā¦71% of the way there xD I donāt mind that I didnāt finish it, though - despite the name, I think this novel is one to savor, rather than rush through. Once I started reading it, I realized that I wanted to take my time and fully enjoy the book, which sometimes meant setting it aside for a bit when I knew I wasnāt in the mindset to enjoy it. I really have enjoyed finding these characters again <3 I love them just as much as I did 8+ years ago when I first met them through the anime :3 I was going to make myself a goal of finishing the book before the start of the next challenge, but then work exploded sooo I donāt think I will make that goal after all. Iāll come back to it for sure
- Aside from reading High Speed, I also read 685 pages of manga and finished 5 manga volumes (6 if you count the one I started prior to the challenge)
- Overall, I read for a whopping 55 hours over the course of the challenge - not quite as much as I read in the summer challenge, but still 55 hours I wouldnāt have spent reading otherwise
- Bonus: I got to enjoy a lot of really cute things
I love our Tanuki Cuteness Brigade - I had so much fun sharing cute things and hearing about even more cute things to enjoy 
Also, PS, I bought that big fluffy bird plushie - 10/10 would buy again (so round 
big fluffy ball of birb)
One thing that continues to elude me is actually building a habit without the āthreatā of the challenge hanging over my head 
I have read exactly nothing since the end of the challenge, which is not entirely my own fault (thanks, work, love you 
), but I justā¦canāt help but feel a little annoyed by how readily I let it drop.
Some more thoughts related to that
So, something that made me feel a bit guilty - when the challenge was done, I felt a littleā¦relieved? And I donāt really know how to take that? Like, what am I relieved about?
That I donāt have to read every day? (Why are you like this, me, donāt you like reading? 
)
That I can ālet goā of a routine? (Why are none of the changes I try to make ever sustained/sustainable)
That I donāt have to post every day? (Not that there was even an obligation to do that anyway, but I definitely feel pressure from myself to do that sometimes - I do feel like it keeps me on track, so I feel I should, but I, likeā¦donāt want to be kept on track, sometimes, if that even makes sense. I feel like it also might have helped if Iād made my posts a bit shorter/simpler 
But if Iām posting I want toā¦you know, say something. ā¦Itās a complex issue lol)
And maybe itās none of the above, maybe itās just life (aka work) overwhelming me like freaking always and making me eager to drop everything I can, but even thinking that doesnāt stop me from being annoyed about how easy it is for me to get overwhelmed by stuff. It happens, likeā¦not infrequently. Where I have to let stuff drop, because something has to give and that thing canāt ever be work. I hate that I feel like Iām the only one at work who has this problem to such a degree.
Aaaanywayā¦enough on that xD
Iām happy I had the opportunity to run this challenge thread :3 You all made this such a fun experience And it was awesome getting to introduce this challenge to more people ^^