I started this blog as another way to make my impact on the world. I've been a lifelong reader. My parents actually only let me watch 30 minutes of television per week as a kid (outside of family movie nights). Books have always allowed me to let my imagination run away with me. I remember so many nights I stayed up late reading, promising myself just one more page.
Now as an adult, I find reading to be the way I am able to really focus and immerse myself in a story. Do I love movies and television shows? Of course! Who doesn't? But I find that within 30 minutes or so, I'm checking my phone for texts or browsing the internet, only halfway paying attention to what I'm watching. Books are so different from that. I lose all track of what is happening around me.
I'm currently finishing my PhD, and finding time to read for pleasure has been so important to me. My hope is to open up others to the joy of reading. I teach at a university (undergraduate and graduate courses), and I also create book lists for post-graduate readers in my city through the public school system and the public libraries. So many people lose their love of reading as they enter adulthood, and some never had a chance to find it at all.
If I can help just a few people find their love of books, then I'd feel that I made a positive difference in this world.
Now as an adult, I find reading to be the way I am able to really focus and immerse myself in a story. Do I love movies and television shows? Of course! Who doesn't? But I find that within 30 minutes or so, I'm checking my phone for texts or browsing the internet, only halfway paying attention to what I'm watching. Books are so different from that. I lose all track of what is happening around me.
I'm currently finishing my PhD, and finding time to read for pleasure has been so important to me. My hope is to open up others to the joy of reading. I teach at a university (undergraduate and graduate courses), and I also create book lists for post-graduate readers in my city through the public school system and the public libraries. So many people lose their love of reading as they enter adulthood, and some never had a chance to find it at all.
If I can help just a few people find their love of books, then I'd feel that I made a positive difference in this world.
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