So lately, I feel like I've been losing my mind. I'm always mentally exhausted and I've become quite forgetful. I'll start doing something and then if something distracts me, I completely forget what I was working on. I'm forgetting people's names and even things I did yesterday. Oy!
In an effort to stay mentally sharp, I'm trying to read more. I'm not sure why I think this will keep me sharp but I feel like if I engage my mind in something not work-related (since that's what is leaving me mentally exhausted), that I'll be giving my brain a work-out.
I used to read books awhile ago but that kind of dropped off for awhile but was picked back up on the honeymoon. I read through 6 books in 10 days. I just finished Marley & Me and I purchased more books over the weekend. I'd open up a library card if I didn't fear that my library outlaw status was still in tact. In case you're wondering, I'm a wanted felon with the Maryland library system. I had let a friend check out some books on my card in high school for a thesis paper. Well, she lost the books. They were reference books so they were like a bajillion dollars. So, I owe the library a few hundred dollars. I stopped going. I tried to reopen a card a few years ago but they still had me down as a bandit. Crap. I might try again since my last name is different but I'm still scared. I am scared of librarians!
Anywho - to keep me up on reading (I could easily stop again), I think it would be kind of cool (okay, maybe not COOL) to start a book club. I know it sounds uber old but I think it would keep me in check with reading. And it could be fun to have a somewhat intellectual conversation about the book, right? I asked Kristin and Theresa if they were game but they were more into the idea of meeting once a month and drinking wine. Who am I kidding, that's what I find more interesting too. Plus, I don't share the same likes in books as everyone. I prefer memoirs. I hate fiction and I hate chick-lit. The more f'ed up the memoir, the better.
A Million Little Pieces was fantastic until I found out that it was more fictional than the author originally stated. I hate liars. I never finished the book. One of my favorite books ever is "Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs but the movie blew. I hate when movies ruin a good book.
Anywho - I just purchased these books:
The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer
Devil in the Details by Jennifer Traig
Stiff by Mary RoachI'm reading The Tender Bar now. Its good... but a little slow.
Any other good recommendations on how to stay mentally sharp?
5 comments:
i use to try and stay mentally sharp by completing the sudoku puzzles and crosswords from the washington post. i haven't done that in over a year though. the middle school i taught at had a subscription but the one elementary school i'm at does not. now i'm too cheap to go out and buy my own copy.
i think you and i have some similar reading tastes, although i read a little more trashy mindless chic lit than you do. i do love a crazy memoir, makes me feel like my life is a little more normal. finish up your new books so i can borrow them!
i'm reading the tender bar right now too. i have tons of good memoir recommendations if you want them. :)
I'm re-reading Harry Potter...does that count? :)
I'm just preparing for the 7th (and final?) book next month! I know...I'm special
"Oh yeah" by Yellow is on right now and I can't help but think of Ferris Bueller...ok that's my ADD moment.
I used to read every night before bed, but now I can barely keep my eyes open. I need a good book to motivate me.
there's nothing wrong with harry potter!!! yeah i know, i'm special too. i never thought i'd ever read chick lit but sometimes real life is f'ed up enough that i ned brain candy to escape and relax. i don' know about memoirs but i tend to read historical biogs of at least a couple hundred years since the subject bit it. but then the last couple books i bought were about ecology as i'm a nature geek.
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