Time for another ‘giving up on
good” link up with Naptime Diaries and The Tiny Twig. Sharing something “good” we are giving up so
we can do something “better.” And the
hard part: giving up the guilt, too.
I
love to read. I always have. When I was growing up my parents would send me
to my room and take away my reading privileges.
I still think “no books” is cruel and unusual (although I’m sure that’s
what I needed at the time;)
One
of the best things about being a flight attendant was the amount of down time I
spent reading. Think about all the
delayed flights, long hauls across the ocean or the country, or just waiting
around in the terminal. All that time
with nothing to do but read.
Those
were the good old days before I became a full time wife (dishwasher, clothes
folder, lunch packer) mommy (milk maker, diaper changer, comfort giver) and
writer (blogger, facebook looker, twitter follower). I now have stacks of books just waiting to
spend time with me and I try to choose carefully what I read. I feel like if I choose reading over
housework, it should be to read something worthwhile, something important. Maybe it’s the hot summer weather that drums
up thoughts of reading on the beach or by the pool and memories of reading for
enjoyment not learning. This week I’m
going to lower my standards. I’m going
to dig through that stack of books, find a brightly colored work of fiction and
I’m going to read it.
P.S.
Check out my review of Michael Hyatt’s Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy
World. (The last “smarty pants” book I read.)
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