It really helps me to post these. :o| I know it’s bad blog content, but thanks for putting up with me!
1. Take pictures of diapers for sale and upload them
2. Sew for the girls! — yeah, right!
3. Finish Soul of Science by Tuesday for book club (finished, but not quite on time — something came up)
4. Come up with a birthday wish list for Kate
5. Stop worrying about what houses will be on the market in two weeks
Ha! I need to borrow #5. I’ll tell you- buying the first house is much easier!! Waiting for an offer is no fun at all.
When do you have time to read? Maybe I’m an average manager but with a 2 year old and a 1 year old I barely have time to think much less read….
I read at night and sometime at naptimes. And during our “cafe night” dates (we bring Lexi to our favorite little coffee-food-wine bistro while friends watch Kate, we eat and talk and each end up curled up with a book.) I want to read, so I prioritize it, sometimes to the detriment of other things that probably should be done first (cleaning chores.)
Sometimes I post lists like this on our big white board. I simply refuse to erase the list until it is done. Whatever it takes to motivate to good works, I’m willling to give it a try.
In response to Sarah (not fair because I have mostly grown children and none of the constraints you have AND she asked you, not me!), I would say, “I can’t not read.” It’s almost a compulsion. I struggle with priorities and not getting sidetracked by a book or a magazine article or a newspaper.
Those are good ideas for when to read. I wish I was more of a reader and would like to instill that in my children. I think right now that when I have time (usually during naps) I am so wore out myself that reading almost seems like work. I just want to sleep. Maybe that is the pregnancy though.
Sarah,
I have found that reading is a little like exercising. If you do it every day, you *have* to do it to feel good and like your day is complete. If you get out of practice, it is so hard to start reading again. Even if I go 3 or 4 days without reading, it is much tougher for me to find time and energy to read. If I am reading every day, I can’t not read, like Carol said.