• LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      For me, lately, it’s literally been, “Oh shit. It’s 2am. I’ll just finish this chapter quickly.”

      Then, “Fuck, it’s 3am. I forgot about the chapter thing. I basically need to put the book down this instant or I’m a failure as a human. I can not be awake at 4.”

      Finally put it down at 4 and sleep at 4:15. Failure as a human.

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Back when I was a kid my mom read Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War – and it took her my entire childhood to do it. She only read when we were on vacation, which was only like one week a year. I’m not entirely sure she ever finished the book. I’m also waiting for her to finish the sweater she started knitting for me in 1978.

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      I once read Shelby Foote’s The Civil War, all three volumes. It took me years, longer than the actual war. It’s very good, but it’s densely written, and of course the subject matter doesn’t really make for “light reading”. There were times I had to put it down for a while.

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    2 days ago

    If you learn to read while paying attention to your peripheral vision, you don’t even have to sit to do it, you can go for a nice walk and enjoy the day, while still mostly ignoring reality!

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    2 days ago

    Well, and if you live with someone who can feed the cats. They tend to have ways to make this difficult otherwise.