Title: Reading Breaks
Author: Everyone
Publisher: Evolution or the deity or deities of your choice.
Publication Date: Right this second
Genres: Non-Fiction, Humour
Length: Variable
Source: My imagination.
Rating: 5 Stars
Blurb:
Reading breaks are the hot new trend for the end of the year when everyone’s brains are tired and many of us don’t have the energy to read or write anything new.
Review:
If you’re worn out as the year comes to a close, keep reading. Have I got a proposition for you!
Do not read that book. Do not write that review. I promise they will still be here in January. Do not listen to them whispering to you as you walk past your writing nook. Turn your head away and keep walking. They may whine a little, but they’ll soon adjust. Books, notepads, and laptops need breaks, too, even if they think they must always be attached to someone.
Go do something that energizes you instead. Maybe it’s a hike in a snowy woods with seventeen of your closest friends? Playing a new video game and not talking to anyone at all? Baking your family’s favorite recipes? Building something? Spoiling your dog, cat, rabbit, or other animal friend with petting and treats? Taking a nap? Arguing with strangers on the Internet who are 100% wrong and desperately need you to remind them of that? The options are limitless.
If you’re still feeling guilty, think of the ideas you might find if you step out of your routine and try something new. Or maybe you’ll find no inspiration but simply come back refreshed and ready to work again in January.
You are not a machine. (Well, at least not most of you). The trees are dormant now and the bears are sleeping in their cozy dens. Surely you deserve to rest, too.
(In conclusion, reading and writing breaks can be necessary parts of the creative process. I’ll be back next week with a genuine book review. Thank you all for reading my silliness today, and Happy New Year if we don’t speak again for a while!)
I love the idea of taking little breaks and listening to what your mind and body are telling you! There’s that weird period of time at the end of the year between the holidays and New Year’s where I don’t want to do anything and half the time don’t even know what day it is, so I totally get it! Enjoy this little window of time. I hope you had a wonderful weekend and nice holidays (if you celebrate).
Thank you, Leah! Happy holidays to you as well.
Honestly, a break sounds good right about now. And I guess I did take a reading break for most of last week without really planning to. I guess I needed it. 🙂 Happy holidays!