This is What Happens When I Neglect My Reading
life·@lesliestarrohara·
0.000 HBDThis is What Happens When I Neglect My Reading
<center></center> # I should never neglect my book reading habit. # Sometimes I do neglect it, when I'm busy or overwhelmed. But every day that goes by without reading books drains a little bit of Me-ness from my orb of being and doing. I start to feel a little dull, a little gray, a little frayed around the edges. Where my imagination usually soars like a mecha-dragon, now it crawls along like a zombie-slug. I am too normal, and a little grumpy. I start to view my life as a series of things that have been done and things yet to do. I have devolved into a hive drone. And then, I realize what's missing. I head straight to the Kindle store or, you know, the actual book store, and I purchase a fix. By the end of the first page, I am settling into the familiar cocoon... About 20% in, I can feel the old me wheels turning... In the contented lull just after the Second Doorway of No Return, but just before the Climax, I approach the embodiment of my Final Form. Climax. Denouement. The book ends. I have wings and enough Me-ness to keep me going for a couple of weeks. I'm feeling the drain presently, and mentally shuffling through my book reading records, it occurs to me that I have not read a novel since January! Luckily, my Kindle is stocked up with as-yet-unread books I downloaded for such emergencies. I predict I'll spend much of the next week snuggled up on the couch with some delicious science fiction. Can anyone relate? ### Also, NEW GLASSES! ### <center></center> (So not only will I be able to get my fiction fix, but I'll be able to do it without going all blurry-eyed and getting a migraine.) <center></center> # If you are now seized with an unshakeable urge to read more stuff I have written, try these: # ### <a href="https://steemit.com/funny/@lesliestarrohara/my-child-s-reaction-to-traveling-missionaries#">My Child's Reaction to Traveling Missionaries</a> ### ### <a href="https://steemit.com/freedom/@lesliestarrohara/unschooling-explained-in-metaphor">Unschooling Explained in Metaphor</a> ### ### <a href="https://steemit.com/blockchains-contest/@lesliestarrohara/how-to-hide-from-the-blockchain">How to Hide From the Blockchain</a> ### ### <a href="https://steemit.com/life/@lesliestarrohara/starrs-keys-to-happiness-experiences-over-things-1520291218-1189723">Starr's Keys to Happiness: Experiences Over Things</a> ### <center></center> ### <center>Hi, I'm Starr!</center> ### ### <center>I believe all human interactions should be consensual</center> ### <center></center> # <center>I love you, Steemit!</center> #
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