OPTION 1
There was a time when I treated being busy like it was some kind of achievement, i loved being busy and having something to do, My days were packed with like multiple tabs open in my head at once, and the constant feeling that I always needed to be doing something. I convinced myself that productivity meant quantity. The more things I committed to, the more fulfilled I thought I would feel and it just became a habit, always up to something, i deemed productive, the days these days feel much shorter.
If I halved my commitments, the first thing that would probably double in value is reading. I used to read alot, every break from boarding school id take a book from the library and read it through the break, just for the fun of it. These days i often wonder why im not as articulate or smooth with words as i used to be and honestly i believe this is one of the reasons. Books require patience and time, they demand attention, and mental space. Unlike short videos or social media posts that deliver instant stimulation, and this leads to this endless scrolling of social media these days.
Sometimes I pick up a book and realize my attention span has been damaged by trying to juggle too many things at once. My mind keeps wandering and wandering. I reread the same paragraph multiple times because part of my brain is still thinking of something else. Ive been reading the book posted below for about 2 months now, i haven’t finished it.
If I cut down half the unnecessary commitments in my life, reading would stop feeling like something I have to squeeze into tiny leftover moments. It would become an experience again. Reading i know improves the way you think. You begin to notice how ideas connect together instead of consuming information in disconnected fragments. It sharpens your imagination because your brain is forced to create the scenes itself rather than having everything visually handed to you.
I think books also make emotions easier to understand. Sometimes a writer can describe a feeling you’ve carried for years but never properly expressed and that is why sometimes people often complain that the books are better than the adaptation of the movies. I totally get it.
