reading slumps: a gift from the universe

Reading slumps kinda suck.

That's just a fact that I've come to accept as an avid reader. When nothing sounds appetizing to read, no characters interesting enough to get to know, and no far off worlds calling your name gently in your dreams. It's normally my worst nightmare and I frequently spend my time staring at the wall, wondering why the reading gods haven't blessed me at this moment to be able to jump into a new story.

Recently, my perspective has changed a bit. I haven't read a book since The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a failed re-read attempt of If We Were Villains...and I haven't picked up a book in about three weeks. A tragedy to the reading community I know. I was sitting here and was racking my brain on why, why can't I sit down and read SOMETHING, like literally anything...and then it hit me.

I'm living.

The main reason I love reading is that it's an escape from reality, it's a place I can go when things are getting a little too much for me. Where I can go visit new people and worlds, or revisit old one's that I know will welcome me back with open arms. Reading has always been my way out when I just needed a little break or needed an adventure.

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But lately, I've been living my OWN adventure, so therefore the whisper of worlds far off has dulled a little. I'm too busy doing my own story, crafting my own plot, and meeting the new characters in my story. These past weeks have been full of friends, work, late nights, great food, and great solitude, and I am so so so grateful for it.

So, I'm taking this reading slump in stride, thinking that perhaps it's a gift from the universe, that I'm living enough and enjoying it at the moment that I don't want or need an escape. That I'm writing my own story and I'm really enjoying it. Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to get my hands on another novel and dive deep, but theres no deep dissatisfaction that I'm not reading right now. I'm simply enjoying life and the story the universe is providing for me right now.

So, to the reading gods and the universe I say "thank you".

Here's to November, new adventures, fall weather, and reading slumps, who would've thought that I would ever cheers to a reading slump...

Happy reading friends, I can't wait to dive into another world for yall soon, but until then, I'll just be livin', L I V I N.

xoxo,

paige :)

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