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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
I've known a lot of people, especially females, that spend all year claiming they don't have time to read, but "This summer I'm going to..."
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To be honest, I think that this is a pile of ***; not you posting it, but people stating it.
People who WANT to read, WILL read. It's just a matter of priorities. No one is going to tell me that they don't EVER have time to read a book. If that it true, it would automatically mean that this person does not have time for any other entertainment either.
If one does have that time, then stating "This summer, I will read more!" automatically implies that one will cut back on other entertainment on purpose, to make time for reading. That course implies that this is a sacrifice, and that one would rather not read, but pursue the other entertainment; as if reading is something such a person considers that should be done, but isn't being done, and that this is bad.
In my case, I have a lot of hobbies / entertainments, ranging from listening to, collecting and making music, to playing Chess and Go, to take pictures, to watch movies, to play computer games, and to read.
At some point, I read a lot. At other points, I play Chess a lot. At yet another point, I take way more pictures than is healthy for a camera to take in a month... and so on.
If I'm busy with one hobby, it could be that the others are neglected or pursued less, for weeks, or even months. Reading is not exempt from such a fate. There have been periods that I didn't pick up a book for weeks, because I was busy taking pictures, didn't touch the Hammond organ because I was stuyding Go... and so on.
I never felt the need to single out one sort of entertainment and state that I should spend more time on that, purposefully neglecting other entertainments that I'd rather be pursuing.
The only reason for me setting a reading goal in 2013 is that I want to track what, and how fast I read in this year. If, at some point, I get bored, I'll read less, and on January 2014, I'll happily state that I didn't make it.