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I've noticed that I like to make elaborate schedules for things. If I have a lot to do the next day, I might decide that I'll get up at 8, give myself an hour to shower & eat, run X, Y, and Z errands by ten, do an hour of letter writing, go for a walk, etc. Have it all mapped out. Then of course I get up at 9 and around 12 I start thinking about running errands.
I just found myself thinking, "maybe I should create a schedule for the type of books I read...one new children's book, one nonfiction, one adult novel, one older children's book..." Yeah right. I can't keep to schedules like that. But, I did just finish an adult novel, a nonfiction, an older children's book (well, two of them), and a new children's book this week...Maybe I could, more or less, keep to a schedule like that. Oh, plus a book on tape at all times.
I finished Criss Cross this morning, while I skip church in favor of hacking up my lungs in the privacy of my own home. I am still going to work, where neither incense nor singing doth prevail. I snapped this picture yesterday - this is my "spot." A more accurate picture would have one of those carts piled high with books and videos. This is where I sit and sort through things and chat with whoever is sitting at the desk.
There's also a work table to the right where I cover books and such. In the back corner is a lovely little cubby that I squeeze into when I work on the computer. You have to pull the chair out, sit, and propel yourself forward to reach the keyboard, because the door on the left won't open out any further, and there's a fold-down table on the right. It's a tight fit.
I just found myself thinking, "maybe I should create a schedule for the type of books I read...one new children's book, one nonfiction, one adult novel, one older children's book..." Yeah right. I can't keep to schedules like that. But, I did just finish an adult novel, a nonfiction, an older children's book (well, two of them), and a new children's book this week...Maybe I could, more or less, keep to a schedule like that. Oh, plus a book on tape at all times.
I finished Criss Cross this morning, while I skip church in favor of hacking up my lungs in the privacy of my own home. I am still going to work, where neither incense nor singing doth prevail. I snapped this picture yesterday - this is my "spot." A more accurate picture would have one of those carts piled high with books and videos. This is where I sit and sort through things and chat with whoever is sitting at the desk. 
There's also a work table to the right where I cover books and such. In the back corner is a lovely little cubby that I squeeze into when I work on the computer. You have to pull the chair out, sit, and propel yourself forward to reach the keyboard, because the door on the left won't open out any further, and there's a fold-down table on the right. It's a tight fit.
posted by Jess at 11:19 AM
4 Comments:
I love the idea of having a schedule for books. I often get in a rut where I read the same kinds of books for months at a time, without branching out. Would I stick the schedule? Probably not...but it would be really fun to make one up and pretend like I'll follow it. :)
(By the way, I came across your blog awhile ago and have been reading it since.)
That's exactly what I have fun with - the idea of following it. Thanks for commenting!
you remember me and my rotating letter writing thing. i kept that for at least a solid semester, letter a day. :)
ah... the search for balance.
but then you have to try to balance out your OCD behavior re: balance...
it does look like a wee tiny place.
take care of that cough you know.
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