![]() ![]() There are little scraps of paper sticking out like a peacock in full display. I have never taken so many notes while reading a non-assigned book in my life. Really, I found affirmation in reading this- I feel like I have been making choices that will allow me to better engage with my time. That’s a grand statement I know, but this book is full of grand ideas about the concept of “nothingness” and what that truly means. ![]() Jenny Odell has put into words a nebulous feeling that has been bouncing around in my body for a very long time, and I feel like I have been granted permission to live how I want to live. ![]() ![]() I was not aiming for a “new year’s resolution”, but I finally started to read in earnest on New Year’s Day. I wish I had cracked it open the second that I picked it up in the bookstore (the third store that I went to that day to find it, and I STILL let it sit around for months!). I was paralyzed by the guilt of being wrapped into the attention economy, and I did not feel like I was ready or able to give my meager time to “nothing” quite yet. I looked at it every day, tucked it into my work bag on multiple occasions, and brought it with me on several trips but I was unable to open the cover. This book sat on my bedside table for six months. ![]()
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