Lately, I have gone through a spell where I have not really wanted to read. I managed to make it about half-way through Gödel, Escher, and Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid before I wore out. I had also tried to make it through Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies before my reading strength peetered out. Mind you, I have not quit either of these books; I am just taking a small hiatus from the voluminous concepts in each book. I plan on getting back to them soon enough.
Part of the reason I stopped reading is that I was getting overwhelmed. Work and life seemed to be piling up faster and faster and reading for pleasure — something that was low priority in the grand scheme of things — just dropped by the wayside. Deciding to do something about the stress, I picked up a copy of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity after reading so many good reviews on the Internet. I blazed through the book in a week or two and have been pondering the best way to start implementing the system. Now, I just need to find a weekend that I can use to start implementing the system at home. Getting my home office streamlined will go a long way; I plan on setting something up at work over the Christmas holidays. As I begin implementing the system, I plan on documenting my progress online.
Since A Feast for Crows has finally come out, I have been reading it for pleasure. It is the first novel that I have read in several months, but it feels good to be reading for pleasure again. The going is slow, but I do not want this book to go too fast. I have been waiting for over three years for this book to come out and I am already not looking forward to the wait for the next one.
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Right now, I’m planning on my clearout weekend to either be next weekend, once I get back from my grandmother’s, or the weekend of New Year’s. I’ll definitely be home for all of the latter, and it’ll be a three-day weekend as well. I figure that, as I’m planning forward for it, I can do better with actually making it happen.
The latter is more likely, since I need to re-read Allen to be truly effective with this.