Week long book fast - day 2
Well, not too bad so far. I feel a little odd. But I have read an awful lot of work emails today so my craving for text is probably satisfied that way to a certain extent. Then there has been a bit of LJ this evening. I'm hanging on.
Several people asked why I have decided to cut out books for a week. Several reasons I guess. Partly because of uncontrolled reading habits causing problems to other priorities like sleep and (occasionally) work - if I have a complete break it may help to regulate reading in future. Partly because I'm concerned that I may be reading myself through life rather than actually living it - just getting by until the next book fix, in effect, rather than looking at things around me & interacting. Partly because I wonder if I'm not doing enough thinking in any case because I spend a lot of time passively absorbing book contents rather than wondering about things (though there is a fair amount of time spent wondering about books I guess). And partly I'm just curious to see what it will be like after many many years of unbroken reading...
Several people asked why I have decided to cut out books for a week. Several reasons I guess. Partly because of uncontrolled reading habits causing problems to other priorities like sleep and (occasionally) work - if I have a complete break it may help to regulate reading in future. Partly because I'm concerned that I may be reading myself through life rather than actually living it - just getting by until the next book fix, in effect, rather than looking at things around me & interacting. Partly because I wonder if I'm not doing enough thinking in any case because I spend a lot of time passively absorbing book contents rather than wondering about things (though there is a fair amount of time spent wondering about books I guess). And partly I'm just curious to see what it will be like after many many years of unbroken reading...