Anghraine

A friend of mine was talking about how it took her a long time after her PhD to enjoy reading again, and it was such a relief to hear, because everyone I know is super into their research, and I feel like I could gladly live five years without ever reading another book or article.

At the same time, she now enjoys reading again, so it’s kind of reassuring to think that maybe, someday, I Will Be What I Was.

Also, every time I see some apparently-cool sf/f story going around on Twitter, it’s like … I couldn’t properly read it right now, but I’m looking forwards to the day when I’ll actually want to. Someday, I will be free!

Tagged: #i really do want to read and (kindly) review things that are relevant to my interests #but nothing is relevant to my interests rn #still... the end is in sight. sort of. #at least there is one

I was kind of mentally scolding myself for how little I read these days, how I just don't have the discipline or interest the way I once did, etc etc.

I also only wrote a little on my dissertation today because I spent almost the whole day reading five different scholarly articles that were each generally around 30 pages. And they were interesting, but by the end I didn't want to read or write anything else (okay, except one extremely pertinent article my university doesn't give me access to :|).

Dear self: maybe, just a possibility, but maybe you don't have the discipline or interest in reading outside of academia the way you used to because you're in academia. And in literature specifically, which necessarily involves a metric ton of reading things.