As usual, I took plenty of books with me on my trip. Being away for a week, I had full luggage because, clothes (even though I only took a few shirts, knowing it would be cooland dry enough that I could wear them twice). But I didn’t want to read ebooks, so … (and yes, Weird Heroes Six was one of them)
The surprising thing was how fast I read. It wasn’t just that I had more time, but that I found it so much easier to focus than I have in the past few months. I finished everything I’d brought, and one I’d picked up at the airport.
Part of that, I think, is that there’s much less distraction than when I’m sitting around with TYG and the puppies.
Part of it may be that on vacation, I was less inclined to get distracted. With the hit to my writing schedule, it’s hard not to feel that I should be doing extra work, or maybe playing extra with Plushie or Trixie, which makes concentrating on a book tougher.
And then I think part of it may be that since moving up here, it’s been our practice to go up to bed around 7 or 7:30 and sit and read. We don’t do that now because as the dogs get their last walk around 9, we’d have to get up, get dressed again … so we stay down in the living room. And I think I’m interpreting that as “place to Do Things” rather than “place to relax and read.”
So one of my goals for this month is to break that habit and relearn to focus on reading while I’m downstairs. And to stop worrying I should be doing something else instead (setting off a dedicated Just Read period may be necessary).
But as I’d been very annoyed by my lack of focus, learning it’s curable is quite encouraging. 🙂
(Cover image by Steve Hickman, all rights to current holder)
