I was in Borders recently, and I bought a book (not for myself). However, I did sign up for this Borders Rewards thing (apparently ever $150 I spend at Borders will get me a $5 discount. Wonderful, isn't it?) So I'm sitting here writing my Spanish Essay on my second monitor while staring at the card that I put on my key ring, and my mind begins to wander. I start wondering when the last time I read a book for myself was. For probably the last four months (if not more), the only things that I have read in print have been for Lit, History, SIR, or test prep. I used to be the one who had these lists of books that I wanted to read, lists that seemed to never end as I added new ones all the time. Now, the lists are stagnant as I neglect to add new books and forget what the old ones were. Meanwhile, while I try to stay up-to-date on current events, I'm hardly as informed as I used to be.
I guess this is yet another "man I miss having time for this sort of thing pre-IMSA but I still love IMSA (sometimes)" moment. But I'm wondering...
There are indeed some people at IMSA who find time to read what they want once in a while, and can stay up-to-date on the news. So for those of us who don't have time, is it because we really don't or because we just won't find the time? Personally, I'm also a fairly slow reader (which I really hate), so that kind of has an effect on it for me.
What do you think?
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I agree with you completely. I miss reading.
However, I feel like the people who manage to read at IMSA do it by organizing their time properly. There was a period of this year where I read a good amount. It is possible, every once in a while.
I miss reading a lot. As I sit typing, I'm realizing that I have time to read right now, but don't have a book because I didn't think that I would ever have time to read.
As for the news thing, I have my homepage set to the BBC World News. That helps me a lot. It's really helpful to set your homepage to BBC/CNN/whatever news you like. Just my two cents :)
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