Reading to avoid Days of Our Lives
March 9, 2008 12:38 pm Why reading?I am a 30 something mother of two, and, in my spare time, a doctor and PhD student. When I took time off to have my daughter, Z, who is now two, I almost went crazy as I had no adult to interact with. I felt like my brain had melted, and, much as I tried, I couldn’t get my husband to understand what I was going on about. I was spending far too much time watching TV (major offender: the lifestyle channel!)
When Z got a bit older, through a stroke of luck, I found out about Bookcrossing. Getting involved with that online community got me reading again. That was a lot of fun, and my postage bills rose, and I spent a lot of snatched time reading new books.
The revelation came when I took time off to have my son, J. I found that this time around I had much more fun. I was a bit more used to being a mum, but I also spent any snatched second reading. I found that the immersion in the preschool mind didn’t bother me so much. I now avoided too much daytime TV, and spent time cruising through novels. Admittedly, the adjustment to a second child is less, but I firmly believe that the re-mergence of my reading habit was what made the major difference.
Hence, the birth of a blog. I want to share some of the good things about a reading habit, and how it can help improve your life.
Have there been any times in your life when reading changed everything?
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