Reading for Me

What a week this has been! The school semester’s third week came to a close and I found myself frantically trying to get everything done as I prepare for travel in the coming weeks. As a result of my work life, my reading life took a hit this week. I did not complete a new book at all this week.

Things could have been much worse though. There were nights when I was simply too tired to read a single page….much less 30 minutes of reading. As soon as I saw the streak on my habit tracker, I found inspiration to push myself for 30 minutes of reading. I couldn’t let my streak come to a halt just before I reached a solid month of reading! And I’m happy to say that my streak is still alive with 31 total days of consecutive reading as of the time that I am writing this post! (I’ll get day 32 finished in just a few minutes as well.)

Since I have not completed a book this week, what have I been reading? I continued to make some progress in the Jan Swafford biography of the composer Johannes Brahms. I really do enjoy reading this work, but it is a slow read for me. I began working my way through The Long War as well, but I’m struggling to connect with the storyline so far. Honestly, nothing is really striking my reading fancy at the moment. That makes me a little nervous about my reading life in the next few days. I’ll be traveling with my best friend to do some recruiting in the El Paso schools. It has always been a challenge for me to read while I’m on the road — especially when traveling with another person. I’m gonna grab my book light and see if I can keep the streak going while I’m away. I know that I will eventually run into a day where I don’t make my goal….but I don’t want to even think about that day’s arrival any time soon!

So what’s my plan? I’m trying to push through The Long War, but I’m not going to take the Brahms with me on my road trip. That’s just not good reading for me while I’m out of pocket. I’m trying to decide if I should grab another novel or some non-fiction to see if a change of genre will grab my attention a bit more. I’ll figure all of that out tomorrow though. Right now, I’m beginning to feel the first effects of a very long day in the office (yep…..on a Saturday!) and want to make sure that I get my reading in for the night before I drift off to sleep.

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