Why is it that even though I’m a book person, I still find it hard to make time for leisure reading? Schoolwork gets in the way, of course, and I also happen to have a bazillion other projects going on (Riverglen Press does have to do with books, of course, but Beyond doesn’t, and my art/web design projects don’t have anything to do with reading, etc. etc. etc.). But if reading is so important to me, wouldn’t I make it more of a priority? I stole away a few minutes before bed last night to read two or three pages of Jane Eyre (the part where she says genius is self-conscious), and it was good. Reading is so refreshing, especially after spending all day at a computer. (Many hours in front of a monitor make my eyes burn and my brain feel like it got stuck in a dishwasher. Books fix all that, like a beautiful shower of the mind.) Maybe I need to set aside dedicated, sacred reading time each day and make it uninterruptible. Hmm…
[tags]reading, Jane Eyre[/tags]