A positive change

Daily writing prompt
Describe one positive change you have made in your life.

It’s a simple challenge – walk 2 hours per day on average. Do 10K steps. It combines cardio fitness with meditation. Having dedicated off-screen time is at least as helpful as the benefits of walking. It burns stress hormones instead of building more from whatever the screen is presenting at that time.

I believe walking is also a reason why I blog frequently again. I see things that I want to share. There are flowers everywhere. You don’t see much of that if you’re behind the windshield of a car. You see other cars.

Reading books again

Daily writing prompt
What book could you read over and over again?

My kids would watch the same TV episode over and over, knowing every scene by heart, and still enjoy it. I used to be like that with books until my late teenage years. I’ve read The Three Musketeers, Foundation, and Starship Troopers many times, perhaps 10+ times each, and the list of books I’ve read 3-4 times is also lengthy. However, the desire to reread books has since disappeared. No matter how good a book is, there’s always another book that might be as good and is also new to me.

I read “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” about 3 times as an adult. It might be the best answer I can give.

Chavka

We have the saying in Bulgaria “Chavka drunk your brain” meaning you did something stupid. Chavka sounds better for a post title than jackdaw, otherwise same bird. 🐦

March in Books

I finished 13 books in March. The only big one was White Sand Omnibus (which can count as 3).

The best ones were Thraxas and the Sorcerers, White Sand, and Avenger!

3 out of these books were written by writers I met in person.

I feel like I will slow down reading given that I have two difficult ones lined up and I’d like to finish them.