I would love to be able to make a recommendation on your book list. However, Substack is taking up all my reading time at the moment! I need to figure out some kind of ready balance, substack/books!
I so resonate with the desire to read all the books! I will hear an author on a podcast, get really excited, and then order their book. However, I put a cap on myself that when I have 3 books already in queue, I have to wait. Otherwise, I start to feel stressed out like it’s a job to finish them all. 😬 A new thing for me has also been giving myself permission to not finish a book, if I am not feeling particularly engaged with it. Or even skipping a chapter, since most of my reads are non-fiction, and only reading the stuff that is calling to me. For my rule following part, that is heresy! 😆
I definitely will DNF a book no problem these days & then I unhaul it. But, like you, it took me years to give myself permission to do that. I had so many half read books on my shelves. And 3 in queue is such a smart policy…I wish I could do that…when it comes to library books I sometimes check out 15 at a time. It’s like I have to have all the books all at once 📚 🩵😀
I would love to be able to make a recommendation on your book list. However, Substack is taking up all my reading time at the moment! I need to figure out some kind of ready balance, substack/books!
I completely understand that! There’s so much good stuff on here. You could spend all day reading Substack.
I so resonate with the desire to read all the books! I will hear an author on a podcast, get really excited, and then order their book. However, I put a cap on myself that when I have 3 books already in queue, I have to wait. Otherwise, I start to feel stressed out like it’s a job to finish them all. 😬 A new thing for me has also been giving myself permission to not finish a book, if I am not feeling particularly engaged with it. Or even skipping a chapter, since most of my reads are non-fiction, and only reading the stuff that is calling to me. For my rule following part, that is heresy! 😆
I definitely will DNF a book no problem these days & then I unhaul it. But, like you, it took me years to give myself permission to do that. I had so many half read books on my shelves. And 3 in queue is such a smart policy…I wish I could do that…when it comes to library books I sometimes check out 15 at a time. It’s like I have to have all the books all at once 📚 🩵😀
I do it, too! Should we start a club?
Absolutely! We need a support group 🤣