Desktop Retreat

Saturday, October 5, 2013

…the main effort of arranging your life should be to progressively reduce the amount of time required to decently maintain yourself so that you can have all the time you want for reading.
~Norman Rush, Mating: A Novel

3 comments:

Connie said...: Ha! Makes sense, I guess. :D; October 5, 2013 at 7:22 PM
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...: Wise. Agree.; October 6, 2013 at 7:32 AM
Trish said...: i know, right? Simplicity is best, I think.; October 6, 2013 at 7:25 PM

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Guerrilla Reading

Turn off the TV

Turn off the computer

Turn off the game console

Always have a book with you to read ~

~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)

~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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