Futile

[threemonkeys]

When I started this break from the workforce, one of my aims was to reduce the number of books waiting in my to-read queue. With the package that arrived from Amazon yeaterday, that queue is at exactly the same number that it was when I started. *sigh*

Comments

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

Yes, but are the books in the queue different?

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Some of them. There are some books in the queue which have been there for years which may never leave it. I have read about 50 books since I started my break which says something about my buying habits.

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

see - you should concentrate on the 50 books you've read. You'll never have nothing in your queue. I bought books a month or two ago cause i need to have them yet know i will never read them, but they should be in my collection, if that makes sense?

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Yes you make sense. The sigh wasn't for not reading enough books.. Nor really for buying too many. What is ultimately the problem is that I set myself a goal and failed to achieve it. Regardless of the detail, not hitting a target is frustrating..

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

but your goal was to reduce the pile? your life time's pile was reduced

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Yeeeees I see. I would normally be more than happy to accept your wisdom. However redefining my actual original intent could be construed as spin and after my movie watching today I'm feeling a little less disposed to that approach than usual. (wait 5 minutes for post on movie)

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

heh - do what i do then, rearrange the piles -that always makes me feel better!

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do that too.

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

makes me feel better