This semester, I'm taking a lot of classes that require a lot of reading. I'm realizing that although I enjoy reading, and sometimes even enjoy reading my textbooks, when it's every single class that has only reading homework (okay, except for one class) it gets to be a lot. As a kid (maybe teen/young adult is a better description), I used to spend hours at a time, reading. Now, I find that I have other things that I would love to be doing (or that I wouldn't rather do, but that I know need to be done... like dishes)... rather than spending all my time reading. So when is too much of something too much? we are told to have moderation in all things. I'm learning that that comes with learning how to balance out reading for classes too... which is definately a hard thing. For example, just today, I spent a good 6 or 7 hours doing homework... all of it reading homework for various classes. I almost miss the days when it was big projects and things that I could divide up and cut into small increments. when you have whole books to read for one class and another two chapters for another, plus smaller reading assignments for another, its a lot harder to cut it up into pieces and get some variety. maybe this week has been harder than others, but it seems like that's all i am able to do with my free time any more. if i'm not seen or heard from for the rest of the semester, don't worry. i'm probably just buried up to my ears in books and other reading. i can't wait to be done with the semester to have a little variety
