has it become hard to mentally separate reading for work and reading for pleasure? or do you just need to stop reading altogether once you have fulfilled your capacity for reading of a day -that i presume you feel obliged to devote to work- and do something entirely different? i know that feeling. i'd still try to insert a little bit of pleasurable reading into your days at any cost. hm.
i guess somewhere along the way, i started equating reading with work. so when i'm reading, part of me thinks, "i'm working!" and i can't relax. it's kind of hard for me to get absorbed in a story and stop analyzing.
actually, the last time i got really absorbed by the plot of a juicy story was, ironically enough, when i was reading sidney's arcadia for my oral exams. that's a fun story.
how about reserving a particular moment of the day for agreeable reading? or a special place...? (i don't know if they have cafes in your city... but there must be something on campus.)
al-x
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fortunately, my wit and charisma have fooled everyone.
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al-x
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but i'd be lying.
i barely manage to read what i have to. for the most part, reading for pleasure lost its charm for me long ago.
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i know that feeling. i'd still try to insert a little bit of pleasurable reading into your days at any cost.
hm.
al-x
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i guess somewhere along the way, i started equating reading with work. so when i'm reading, part of me thinks, "i'm working!" and i can't relax. it's kind of hard for me to get absorbed in a story and stop analyzing.
actually, the last time i got really absorbed by the plot of a juicy story was, ironically enough, when i was reading sidney's arcadia for my oral exams. that's a fun story.
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i have not read sidney's arcadia! =)
al-x
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but yeah, i like the idea of having some fun books to read during some of my free time. maybe i'll get some david foster wallace.
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