note to self: go outside
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." — Henry David Thoreau credit My phone died recently. Not like died because of its charge — permanently died. I'm not the only one whom this has happened to, I'm sure, and this isn't a complaint. Rather, it's an observation on how different the landscape of my life has been without it. I've been reading more, watching more TV, doing less doomscrolling. I found that I've missed my phone a lot less and simultaneously a lot more than I expected. And I've been noticing a difference in my mental state. My mental health is, apparently, linked in part to the device I hold in my hand 99% of the time. Who knew? However, it's still been challenging lately, for more reasons than just my phone, and my sister invited me to go outside with her. Th
Two years ago, I read it in a day in a half/two days.
ReplyDeleteI remember being captivated by it. I feel a re-read coming on...
I want to try this book! I'm terrible with classics though...my brain likes to speed-read and if I do that in classics I miss waaaay too much. Still. Anyone who describes the ceiling as cake is awesome.
ReplyDeleteWow. Ceiling as cake? I don't suppose Peeta Mellark did the decorating...?
ReplyDeleteIf you like the book, you will really like the new movie!
ReplyDeleteHe does kind of look like Tom Hiddleston, doesn't he? lol
Hi MountainFireFlower, Gatsby was really very good, the end kinda threw me however, didn't know it was going to end that way. But very very good, well written. No wonder it's a classic!
ReplyDeleteI read this book in school, when I was 13, and truth be told, I HATED it. But I re-read it and now I can actually appreciate it, being older (and not forced to read it in school!)
ReplyDeleteI SO want to see the movie--I've heard it's really good!
Following your blog! :)
Rebecca Danielle Gregoire
(By the way, I used to follow your blog when I was younger, then stopped blogging, and you're my only blogging friend who's still at it! Which is really cool to see since I'm back at it now with a different blog)