At the beginning of 2014 I set out to accomplish various new year's resolutions. By the writing of this post, several had already been broken: Drink 100 oz of water each day, produce less than one grocery bag of garbage a week, meditate everyday, etc. etc. I have failed at these, but still try to abide by the spirit of the resolution.
There are two other resolutions that I haven't even started working on yet. One is to read ten Latin American novels and the other is to read all of Hemingway's novels. I was really excited about these two and being able to successfully accomplish them, but then something happened...BuzzFeed. All of sudden I found myself wanting to learn important things about myself, like what kind of food I am, or what dead person I am, or what kind of scientist I would make. Before I knew it, I was spending hours on these quizzes (which probably speaks to some narcissism on my part) and it was March.
So today, I decided to go grab my first novel and start to read it. The librarian was amused because I could not find my library card and I just asked for a Hemingway novel. She said "you know he wrote many" I said, yes, but I have a deadline to meet, so just give me the first one you find. Today I start reading For Whom The Bell Tolls and I am praying my heart out that I don't come across a BuzzFeed quiz.
There are two other resolutions that I haven't even started working on yet. One is to read ten Latin American novels and the other is to read all of Hemingway's novels. I was really excited about these two and being able to successfully accomplish them, but then something happened...BuzzFeed. All of sudden I found myself wanting to learn important things about myself, like what kind of food I am, or what dead person I am, or what kind of scientist I would make. Before I knew it, I was spending hours on these quizzes (which probably speaks to some narcissism on my part) and it was March.
So today, I decided to go grab my first novel and start to read it. The librarian was amused because I could not find my library card and I just asked for a Hemingway novel. She said "you know he wrote many" I said, yes, but I have a deadline to meet, so just give me the first one you find. Today I start reading For Whom The Bell Tolls and I am praying my heart out that I don't come across a BuzzFeed quiz.
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