Tag: bookish thoughts

It’s hard as a content creator to go through a dry spell. 

It’s natural, though. There are times in my life when I can fly through books and live my best life yacking about them. Most of the time, I can’t keep up the reviews with my reading speed. However, the inverse – a reading slump – is a tricky place to be. Imposter syndrome sets in if you aren’t careful. 

I’ve been through a bit of a reading slump in the last few weeks. There’s no one single reason for it, but a culmination of circumstances. Work has been busy, and I’ve stepped in to do overtime to meet important deadlines. I’ve enjoyed some other hobbies, including getting back into crochet and knitting. I’ve made a top for a friend for their birthday, and now I’m knitting myself a jumper. 

A long, slow-paced read got me off-track with last month’s reading pace and progress. Combine that with an ambitious list that doesn’t afford breaks, and you can see why really, I set myself up to fail. On a more positive note, the other half had some time off work last week for his birthday. It’s not often we get full weekends together, so of course we made the most of it to spend time together. 

All this doesn’t help with blog content though. And, when I invest so much of myself outside of work to a place on the internet where books are my identity, it feels hard to fit everything in. 

However, it’s okay to have other hobbies, and to spend time with people. It’s okay to lean into doing other things if a book isn’t quite working for you, or to accept that work may take your attention sometimes, and that your hobbies are there to enjoy when you get back. After all, I read and write and chat with you all for the love of it. Sure, I hope my words can be useful to somebody out there. But a significant part of why I blog is for me. 

So, I’m writing this post as a reminder.

To you. To me. It’s okay to not bury my head in a book, or in my laptop to chat about said books, every moment I have spare. I give permission to do something else, and enjoy being apart for a while. We enjoy these hobbies for love, not out of a sense of obligation or commitment. When the time is right, I’ll reach back with more gusto than I could have sustained by forcing myself to stick with it. 

Have you ever found yourself in a reading slump? Gotten frustrated over it? 

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