Lately I've been trying to devote more of my spare time to reading. In the past I've normally taken my time with most of the books I've chosen to read, so much so that it's often taken me months to finish some of the books I've picked up over the last few years. It's never been that I've been disinterested in the material I choose to read, nor has it been due to the fact that many of the books I often read have proven to offer a certain information overload that's rarely experienced when reading fiction, which, I might add, normally doesn't take me nearly as long to read as non-fiction. In looking back on the last few years I find that my less-than-frequent reading habits can be, at least in part, explained by the amount of time I've often chosen to spend my free time online.
Until recently most of my time had been taken up sitting here at the computer rather than using it to read or finding other useful ways of spending it. Having spent the bulk of my time at the computer I've often not even been in the mood to read, and normally I never spent too much time reading unless I absolutely feel like doing so. However, lately I've been trying to cut back on how much of my time I spend online, especially since, for the most part, I've been very disinterested with the internet of late. That's not to say I've done particularly well in cutting back on the time I spend online — I generally spend a great deal of time on the internet to relieve the vast amount of boredom I often experience during my highly monotonous days — but I have been spending less time surfing the web lately, which definitely isn't a bad thing.
Instead of spending time online to wind down before bed every night I've been spending more time reading and adding entries to my journal, which, I've got to say, has been much more relaxing and enjoyable than sitting in a computer chair in front of a constantly flickering screen, which, I'm sure, is probably hell bent on either frying my brain, or ruining my eyes. I've really come to look forward to simply relaxing in bed reading for a couple hours before I turn in for the night, and I definitely feel much better about spending my time that way rather than spending my time online all night long.
Keep an eye open for my next blog in which I'll be posting my To-read list!
Until recently most of my time had been taken up sitting here at the computer rather than using it to read or finding other useful ways of spending it. Having spent the bulk of my time at the computer I've often not even been in the mood to read, and normally I never spent too much time reading unless I absolutely feel like doing so. However, lately I've been trying to cut back on how much of my time I spend online, especially since, for the most part, I've been very disinterested with the internet of late. That's not to say I've done particularly well in cutting back on the time I spend online — I generally spend a great deal of time on the internet to relieve the vast amount of boredom I often experience during my highly monotonous days — but I have been spending less time surfing the web lately, which definitely isn't a bad thing.
Instead of spending time online to wind down before bed every night I've been spending more time reading and adding entries to my journal, which, I've got to say, has been much more relaxing and enjoyable than sitting in a computer chair in front of a constantly flickering screen, which, I'm sure, is probably hell bent on either frying my brain, or ruining my eyes. I've really come to look forward to simply relaxing in bed reading for a couple hours before I turn in for the night, and I definitely feel much better about spending my time that way rather than spending my time online all night long.
Keep an eye open for my next blog in which I'll be posting my To-read list!
1 comment:
Hi Colt, its good to hear you decided on becoming an Aviation Systems Technician, I am sure you will do good in your new trade, and for the millions of eyes straining and brains frying in front of a flickering screen and hunched backs in chairs,,I agree, there is many other things to do with valuable time,but I guess it addicting lol
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