Comments on: What Rod Serling, The Dude and Russell Baker Taught Me About Making Time To Read https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/ Cathy Chester, MS Advocate shares decades of wisdom Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Cathy Chester https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19885 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:40:35 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19885 Absolutely, Virginia! Information overload is the perfect way to phrase it. We all experience that, yet we need to somehow find a balance to enable us to read all of the wonderful blogs we want to read, while attending to our jobs, home life - and love of books!

Thanks for sharing your comments. It's greatly appreciated.

Cheers~
Cathy

]]> By: Virginia Sullivan https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19884 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:15:59 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19884 I loved this- and I guess that's just part of still being active at persuing life and wanting to know all there is to know. It does feel a little like information overload- but I have met so many wonderful writiers it's like I just can't stop reading all the wonderful things I come across. Good post! V

]]> By: Cathy Chester https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19883 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:16:04 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19883 Amy,

You rock in many ways, so of course when you said I do - I blush!

Thanks for the less than verbose (I wouldn't exactly expect one sentence from you!) response. It was marvelous.

Thanks for putting me at the TOP of your large to-read list!

Cheers~
Cathy

]]> By: Amy G. https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19882 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:33:51 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19882 Hi Cathy,
Mea culpa! The title of this post caught my eye and instead of placing it in the file of good intensions I opened it to be an immediate read. Of course the Twilight Zone clip drew me in as well. So aptly placed! I have often wondered if everyone, like me has a metaphoric junk mail pile in their said email programs. It's a pathetic little denial to convince oneself that you are actually going to take a moment to read all that you intend to. As a non-profiteer I wonder if my messages are read or if they are filtered to go straight in to the to-do-file of destruction! While I'm writing these messages (and all messages) I remind myself to minimize and keep it simple. No easy task for such a verbose woman. And coming from a long gene pool of hesitancy and not causing a stink I've had to temper each and every outreach. Have I rattled on? 😉

I enjoyed reading this post and the many others you write-and when I'm inspired... I read (and watch!) every word.

Thanks for your ongoing commitment Cathy.
You rock loud enough to make it to the top of my to-read list!
~Amy

]]> By: Cathy Chester https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19881 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:06:59 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19881 So true. Social media takes a lot of our time away from reading. We are distracted by so much more than when we grew up. We must make time for our beloved books!

Thanks for leaving your comment.

Best,
Cathy

]]> By: Ergonoid https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19880 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:40:39 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19880 Just the title containing "What Rod Serling . . . taught me about making time to read" conveyed the whole thought! Helene is right: plus the e-world removes a lot of the impact of reading from a page you can actually touch.

]]> By: Cathy Chester https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19879 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:55:26 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19879 I know what you mean, Helene. Social media is difficult to stay away from yet necessary for us as well. Somehow we must find a balance for ourselves to do what we need, including reading books AND keeping up with our peers. I am working on making the change, too.

Thanks for your comments.

Best,
Cathy

]]> By: Helene Bludman https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19878 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:29:21 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19878 This resonated with me too, Cathy. So many books, so little time ... I must say that the time suck that is social media has taken much of my book reading time away, and I really want to change that.

]]> By: Cathy Chester https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19877 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:55:58 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19877 Alexis,

You are much more organized than I am. Good for you! I think one day at a time for me as far as tackling some of the things you commented on. Thanks for the ideas.

As far as social networking it serves its purpose for my personal and professional life. I enjoy the people I meet in my groups, but I do need more balance between it and my offline life.

Thanks for your comments. They are very helpful.

Best,
Cathy

]]> By: Alexis https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19876 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:41:19 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19876 I concur with this post in that it is critical important to keep reading but in an organized fashion that which is interesting, fun, expands our minds and has relation to what we work on. My Mother was a scholar and would be horrified at my largeTBR pile as its cozy mysteries for now to de stress. I carved out one hour in the late afternoon with my favorite chair, tea and current books to enhance my life last year. I also read at night before sleep. Social networking I do not do by choice as it does not add value to my life and I lived an entire lifetime without it's infrigement on my time. To me it is childish and not necessary in life. I would rather read books. I organize my in box by subject and only read that which is necessary. For instance my digital photography hobby emails are organized by subject and date for a time when I can review them, not to be seen during a busy day. As for your desk you just need some good organization and decision making such as "Throw it Out" and "shred" pile first. Those are good places to start. I never keep more then a weeks worth of paper on my desk, then it goes to shred, file or thrown out. I made a home binder organization system that was simple and took care of paper Good Luck!

]]> By: Cathy Chester https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19875 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:20:28 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19875 Emily,

Glad to hear you're going to give the plan a whirl. Let me know how it goes!

Cheers~
Cathy

]]> By: Emily https://anempoweredspirit.com/making-time-to-read/#comment-19874 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:16:02 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2013/02/02/what-rod-serling-the-dude-and-russell-baker-taught-me-about-making-time-to-read/#comment-19874 I too have that pile which is on my nightstand...I like your plan for how to plow through it...may give it a try!

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