I've subscribed to Vanity Fair for years, maybe decades, but the past few years, I've found myself just giving it to my mom without having read it. There really IS no time anymore! I have had a practice of reading at least 1-2 hours before going to sleep at night, so that helps, but sometimes I want a 36 hour day, but most times I don't. Work fills its time, no matter how many hours you have, it seems.
I wish I had more time to read. I always feel like I'm behind the eight ball, and will never finish what I want to. Very frustrating. I think Twitter has changed the way my brain works. Or maybe it's just me getting older...
It might also be helpful for me if I could track an audiobook, but I never seem to be able to. Podcasts are no problem, but books just don't take. I have a Twitter account only so I can see things that I'm directed to. If I spend too long there I can feel the cesspool trying to drown me. I've found it easier to stay within a bubble (echo chamber) of like-minded people, and as long as I'm AWARE I'm in a bubble, I feel OK with it. Other "voices" don't really seem to have much to say anymore that makes any sense to me. I DO, once in a while, go on a tear through YouTube comments, but that's just for my own sick amusement! 🤪 The challenge is to make arguments with people WITHOUT using whataboutism as an argument. It keeps my brain going.
(Oh, another book I have to get!) Then, Amazon tells me that I bought it a few weeks after it was published. (Oh, well, then what about Evil Geniu---) Nope! You have that one too.
Kurt Anderson: another victim of my personal Kindle Black Hole! I need one of those Matrix plugs where they can just INSERT things into your brain, like how to fly a helicopter. Or maybe his books were victims of my early 2021 purge of all books having to do with politics and the United States in general. (He wrote, while in the middle of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.") I need help, and a team of readers!
I used to. I must confess that the quarantine has been bad for that. I'm dreaming of a time when the situation isn't as urgent and I can read more, especially books that are not about all this stuff. Kurt's books are VERY good...the ideas are great but he's also just a fantastic writer.
I've subscribed to Vanity Fair for years, maybe decades, but the past few years, I've found myself just giving it to my mom without having read it. There really IS no time anymore! I have had a practice of reading at least 1-2 hours before going to sleep at night, so that helps, but sometimes I want a 36 hour day, but most times I don't. Work fills its time, no matter how many hours you have, it seems.
I wish I had more time to read. I always feel like I'm behind the eight ball, and will never finish what I want to. Very frustrating. I think Twitter has changed the way my brain works. Or maybe it's just me getting older...
It might also be helpful for me if I could track an audiobook, but I never seem to be able to. Podcasts are no problem, but books just don't take. I have a Twitter account only so I can see things that I'm directed to. If I spend too long there I can feel the cesspool trying to drown me. I've found it easier to stay within a bubble (echo chamber) of like-minded people, and as long as I'm AWARE I'm in a bubble, I feel OK with it. Other "voices" don't really seem to have much to say anymore that makes any sense to me. I DO, once in a while, go on a tear through YouTube comments, but that's just for my own sick amusement! 🤪 The challenge is to make arguments with people WITHOUT using whataboutism as an argument. It keeps my brain going.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked. Here is the Onion link:
https://www.theonion.com/u-s-dept-of-retro-warns-we-may-be-running-out-of-pas-1819564513
Please keep writing. The only way we’re going to get out of this is by having brilliant people write about so we all know.
Thanks. I intend to!
My afternoon will be spent listening to the podcast. And I MUST get both of those books! Thank you!
(Oh, another book I have to get!) Then, Amazon tells me that I bought it a few weeks after it was published. (Oh, well, then what about Evil Geniu---) Nope! You have that one too.
Kurt Anderson: another victim of my personal Kindle Black Hole! I need one of those Matrix plugs where they can just INSERT things into your brain, like how to fly a helicopter. Or maybe his books were victims of my early 2021 purge of all books having to do with politics and the United States in general. (He wrote, while in the middle of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.") I need help, and a team of readers!
I used to. I must confess that the quarantine has been bad for that. I'm dreaming of a time when the situation isn't as urgent and I can read more, especially books that are not about all this stuff. Kurt's books are VERY good...the ideas are great but he's also just a fantastic writer.