Back in March, I dropped my long beloved cell phone and shattered the screen, requiring a new upgraded phone. During this visit, I made a choice that I believe in the long run, is one that I will regret - in addition to the phone, I bought an iPad (it was on sale yo!). And while my initial thought was, "This will be great for watching movies while traveling," what have I actually been using it for? Playing dumb, mindless games.
Now, I think there is value in having some kind of activity that allows you to zone out and not have to think so intensely about all of the other ongoing stressors that fill up our minds. But this has turned into me wasting time away from reading. Sometimes when I'm reading something a little more challenging (usually because the style of writing is a little more antiquated, requiring me to read much more slowly), I just have this mental block against picking up the damn book and reading it. So it definitely doesn't help to have a very mindless and quite addictive game to detract me even more from reading.
Needless to say, progress on Wings of the Dove has been going very slowly. But in the last couple weeks, I have finally gotten engaged in the storyline and more attached to the complexities of the characters and am making more progress. I'm about 2/3 of the way done and my goal is to finish before the 4th of July holiday week so I can move on to a more easy read for my planned time up north. I like timelines and clear goals, so I think I can achieve this (the data nerd in me might even calculate the number of pages left by the number of days to determine my daily target. **Feel free to roll eyes here.**).
So progress will be made dammit! And I will (hopefully) learn to put the damn iPad away! Until then, heed my advice: do not download Candy Crush.
Cheers!
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