Supposedly I’m the kind of person that can’t sit still with just one task, one goal, one book, one something. I don’t do ones. I do manys. Many books, many tasks, many goals, many ideas, many places. There’s just lots left to learn. I decided, however, that doing many things at once may have diminishing returns. So I’m taking inventory and re-allocating my precious time and mind-space to get things done and get them done well.
First thing’s first – I’m going to cut my reading list. To ONE book at a time.
Currently on my bedside table:
All Marketers are Liars – Seth Godin
The Paradox of Choice – Seth Godin [ha. do you see the irony here?]
The Life of Pi – Yan Martel
New Moon – Stephanie Meyer
Predictably Irrational – Dan Ariely
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
Teach Yourself CSS – Russ Weakley
I’ve basically got my hand in seven different cookie jars at once and (as a good friend has emphasized) at this rate, I will not have the chance to enjoy the true taste of cookie joy if I can’t just LET GO. LET GO Denise. Let go.
So…which book wins?
*drum roll please*
The Life of Pi.
Pour que you ask? Well, first, it was highly recommended by a good friend (friend recommended books have never disappointed me). Second, it’s supposed to make you believe in God. Third, I’ve read through the first 30 pages and they are so so so so so dry and boring that I can’t bear to read them again at a later time. There were 10 something pages dedicated to the natural behaviors of sloths. Supposedly it gets better. We’ll see about that.
