Just Me

As someone who reviews books, I often find I am reading nothing except books that I am writing a review for. However, I try to squeeze in other books that have other purposes, such as books for research, books I hope to learn something new from, as well as books to read for pleasure.   But it seemed that lately, I wasn’t making time to read any books for pleasure. Just the other stuff.   I do enjoy reviewing books, as well as reading books for research and educational purposes. But sometimes, I just like to read books simply for the act of enjoying the book. These are the kinds of books I don’t want to have to analyze, take notes from, or put to use from studying.   So when I noticed that I was falling behind on reading for pleasure, I decided to do something about it!   My solution? Get up earlier in the morning so that I have that precious time to read just for the enjoyment.   While most people may see getting up earlier just to have time ...

  Yesterday was my seventh soberversary. Being as excited as I was about it being the seventh year I was sober, I planned to tell everyone and post about it everywhere. I even pictured myself telling the clerk at the store that I was now seven years sober!   But I didn’t go anywhere yesterday, so I didn’t tell anyone who I saw while I was out. I just didn’t get around to going out.   And I didn’t post my picture about it on LinkedIn, because I just didn’t get around to it. (I was also going to write a blog post about it but I didn’t get around to that, either! Eh, I said what I needed to say about it in my Facebook comments.)   I keep thinking about that today. There are lots of things that, lately, I have not gotten around to doing that I REALLY need to do.   Like writing an article for a website that I write articles for. I keep turning this idea over in my head! Even on the day that I was wearing the T-shirt for this website, I was confident...