Home schooling.
House keeping.
Church commitments.
Blogging.
Email, Facebook, Twitter, Ning groups, LOST (yeah! it’s back.)
With all of these good (and maybe not so good) things to do and occupy our time, how do you find the time and energy to read?
Seriously! I want to know. Because I’m having a hard time keeping up.
I remember back to my lazy college days of when I had an abundance of free time to just ignore the outside world and do nothing but read to my heart’s content. O, the amount of pages I could fly through! Of course, back then I was without household to manage, sans children and husband. I had oodles of free-reading time.
Life was lazy from one wonderful book to the next. Now, not so much.
My to-be-read book pile gets larger. My heart wants to read more. Yet daily life. . . and I like reading blogs, Twitter, and my love for LOST.
So.
How do you fit it all in? All the books, yet still manage to life a balanced life?
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Twitter: multitaskingme
I don’t read as much as I used to although I still read. I find time when the kids are at practice, waiting for appointments, etc. I guess I am an on the go reader LOL
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Audiobooks. And today I read a bit of a novel in a particularly long drive-thru line.
Also, LOST is like reading a really, really good book, don’tcha think?
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Twitter: monicabrand
LOST is crazy. I want answers! I can’t wait for the end, I never want it to be over. Only those of us insane enough to follow these misfit castaways understand, no?
I feel sorry for those attempting to join in for the first time now. teehee
First of all, LOST…yep, we’re all flat-out freakin’ insane! I cannot believe we’re still following that ridiculously addicting, way coolie show!!
As for finding time to read, I think it’s like anything else you really want to do–it has to become priority at some point in time. For me, tis a no-brainer, I simply MUST read…I kid you not. It’s Momma’s happy, ya know?
I don’t have a ‘set’ time in the day that I read, but if I needed to carve out time, that’s exactly what I would do.
Isn’t it wonderful to have such a full life?!?
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Twitter: WriterMommy
Lost – what can I say? Other than no TV show will ever ever compare and I will likely still be watching it on Hulu when I’m old and gray.
Books – I’m a read when I can girl. Snippets of pages while I cook, in the van when I’m waiting at school, on the side of the pool during swim lessons.
And of course, far too late at night when I should be getting a few hours of sleep.
It takes a good book to hold me these days and once it has me, I race through i. I finished Committed (yup) in about two days and now I’ve got S. King’s latest backbreaker (has to be 1000 pp) that I’m devouring.
Anyhow, it’s like any other obsession – you make time for it one way or another.
We need some snow pictures from your neck of the woods!
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Right before I read this post and commented, I had just read an interesting post on this subject–linked it from my own blog just before I hopped over here!
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Here’s th orginial link [so you don't think I'm just pluggin' my own wee blog
http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2010/01/twelve-tips-for-reading-more.html
.-= DanaB´s last blog ..Weekly Geeks: Maeve Binchy =-.
The homeschooling is tough. I read a lot more now than I did a couple of years ago, for a lot of reasons.
I sort of binge read on the weekends. I don’t stay up too late at night, and my days usually get away with me.
I also read some during the day if I sort of make myself (Make myself get off the computer and make myself not watch mindless TV).
And my husband is a sports nut, so I can read while he roots.
I just saw you were going to book blogger con. Me too! Fun.
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Twitter: billycoffey
I’m really struggling with this right now, too (especially since LOST is back). I’ve been staying up an extra half hour to read at night. Not easy with the droopy eyes and all, but I have to get what I can!
.-= Billy Coffey´s last blog ..Shining a Light =-.
My best “get it read” tactic is to put the book (or Success magazine) in the bathroom. ou’d be surprised how much reading you can accomplish with each visit.
Plus I commit to 30 minutes a day. After all “man cannot live by bread alone…”
Kevin
I think reading is one of those things that gets priority if you love it – no matter what your busy schedule (just like anything else getting priority, whatever you enjoy). I do not have a crazy busy life, am mother to a non-stop one and half year old daughter. I’ve never been busier since becoming a mother…..but I do love to read and try to find time to do that (I do this when she goes to bed, I read). I also love Christian auto/biographies and have read so many that really encourage me in my walk with Jesus. I love to read/learn how God brings people to Himself. I have lots (biographies) I could recommend! This was my first time “blogging” – ever! Thanks.