I had a cup of Earl Grey and realized that I hadn’t posted
in a while; like the now empty cup with its shriveled teabag this blog keeps
being abandoned and stained with the gap between posts. I’ve been reading more than in the previous
semester, and that’s because of two things: 1. I’ve made a designated reading
time in the day and 2. Comic books and graphic novels.
With the first it was actually easy to decide a chunk of
time to use specifically for reading, and has been 9pm to whenever I go to
sleep, which varies between 11:30pm to 1:30am. It also helps to have a
particular spot to do your reading-curled up on the couch, lying in bed. I
actually purchased a sea green, crushed velvet chair for this purpose; it sits
by one of my bookshelves and it’s the perfect little book nook. Recently when I
read in bed I fall asleep. I’ll grab the current read and my book light and
snuggle under the covers to be realize I’m overwhelmed with tiredness. Then, I
think, “fuck it, I’m tired,” and its lights out. But the specific reading time
helps because I’ve finished 11 books already for the Read 50 Books a Year Challenge.
Now, the second aid in this process, I give thanks to a
friend. He has a plethora of newspaper comic bind-ups, Garfield being an
absolute favorite of mine. He’s also a massive Joker fan and let me borrow a
graphic novel called Into the Badlands, which I still need to read. In fact, I’d
like to read more graphic novels. These types of books get me eager to read
more in general, they’re quick and build confidence in the regard that, yes you
do enjoy reading and have the ability to finish books. Now that the reading is pretty much in order maybe the writing can get that way. I have some rough drafts of posts written, now they just need to be typed up.
