Reader's Block
The Urban Dictionary definition of 'Reader's Block' is: when you cannot, for the life of you, pick up a book and read it. And this is exactly what I'm dealing with right now. I have a huge stack of books that I want to get through throughout the year, and I have pre-ordered an additional four, which will be arriving individually between April and November - but I just can't find the will to read. I've found that I go through starts and stops with reading. It can take me months to finish a book, or it could take me less than a week. Though usually that depends on how engaging the book is. But recently I've found it really hard to just pick up a book and read it. Even when I have a book in my hand, I find my mind wandering to all the ways that my time could be better spent, or all the things that I would enjoy doing more. And because of that, it creates a cycle. I don't read, so I feel guilty about not reading. So I pick up a book, read a few pages, and ...