Not quite a resolution, more like a plan
I have a sort of panicked attitude towards book reading, basically because I always have at least three books lying around the house, a couple more waiting for me at the library, and dozens more on my To Read list. Unfortunately, I have to go to work and interact with other humans, so I don't have nearly the amount of time to read that I need to make a dent in this list. As I result, whenever I read a book, I find myself constantly measuring how much of it I have left - even if I'm loving it while I'm reading it - because I know that another book is nipping at my heels.
I think I've identified part of the problem, though, and the subsequent solution. The problem is junk reading, which, much like junk food, is easy to get, cheap, and fills you up. The downside is that there is no real substance to it and it keeps you from reading the stuff you really want to. My junk reading addiction is the Internet. When I have nothing to do I always find myself reaching for my laptop and finding something to read, anything, rather like others might reach for a bag of potato chips just to be eating something. It's reading just for the sake of reading.
So the solution to this is to simply swear off junk reading. From now on, if I want to read I will actually reach out for the physical book or magazine that I am in the middle of. Its going to be hard, but goddamnit, I need to learn that there is nothing on Fark that I would really be missing out on if I didn't read it. This rule will of course not apply at work, where if I'm reading something on the Internet it kind of looks like I’m working, not that there's anybody checking on me in my little scribe's chamber. We'll see how well this works.
I think I've identified part of the problem, though, and the subsequent solution. The problem is junk reading, which, much like junk food, is easy to get, cheap, and fills you up. The downside is that there is no real substance to it and it keeps you from reading the stuff you really want to. My junk reading addiction is the Internet. When I have nothing to do I always find myself reaching for my laptop and finding something to read, anything, rather like others might reach for a bag of potato chips just to be eating something. It's reading just for the sake of reading.
So the solution to this is to simply swear off junk reading. From now on, if I want to read I will actually reach out for the physical book or magazine that I am in the middle of. Its going to be hard, but goddamnit, I need to learn that there is nothing on Fark that I would really be missing out on if I didn't read it. This rule will of course not apply at work, where if I'm reading something on the Internet it kind of looks like I’m working, not that there's anybody checking on me in my little scribe's chamber. We'll see how well this works.