Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/6/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.
Today I got up a little earlier than usual and for the first time in a while got some reading done. It wasn’t anything for school, but a book I recently bought during the summer. It felt good getting in there and seeing the pages hurl, but it made me wonder why I don’t read as much as I used to.
When I was in elementary school, I remember I used to read all the time. Goosebumps, Harry Potter, etc. As I got into middle school though, the habit started to die as I read less and socialized more. My grades remained the same and I did well in school overall, but there was something I feel I lost when I stopped reading.
Since then, I only really read when it comes to school assignments. It isn’t so much that I don’t like reading anymore but that I don’t have the time for it anymore. School, family and reason just make it hard to pick up random books like I use to. Now it’s either sleep or work.
The scary thing isn’t losing the ability to read or the art, but the rawness it leaves to one’s life. Reading in many ways is an escape from reality. Without, I feel there is an emptiness to life where we no longer have the ability to imagine and foster new ideas. That no matter what we do, we are doomed for an eminent tomorrow.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 7/6/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.
Today I got up a little earlier than usual and for the first time in a while got some reading done. It wasn’t anything for school, but a book I recently bought during the summer. It felt good getting in there and seeing the pages hurl, but it made me wonder why I don’t read as much as I used to.
When I was in elementary school, I remember I used to read all the time. Goosebumps, Harry Potter, etc. As I got into middle school though, the habit started to die as I read less and socialized more. My grades remained the same and I did well in school overall, but there was something I feel I lost when I stopped reading.
Since then, I only really read when it comes to school assignments. It isn’t so much that I don’t like reading anymore but that I don’t have the time for it anymore. School, family and reason just make it hard to pick up random books like I use to. Now it’s either sleep or work.
The scary thing isn’t losing the ability to read or the art, but the rawness it leaves to one’s life. Reading in many ways is an escape from reality. Without, I feel there is an emptiness to life where we no longer have the ability to imagine and foster new ideas. That no matter what we do, we are doomed for an eminent tomorrow.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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