I
am finding that my 15 minutes a day reading in the Harvard Classics is
both doable and enjoyable. My life is quite full as a wife, a
homeschooling mother, a grandmother, co-owner of a school, co-owner of
an organization, and ward primary president. Maybe my life is not as
full a schedule as a mother of a newborn, a two year old, and home
educating older children! However, a full life nonetheless.
I want to know that what I am asking of my
mother scholars to do, is doable. So, I am strictly confining myself to
15 minutes a day for at least 30 days, if not the next 90 days. I do
not own the set yet and am reading it online. I turn on a timer and when
the alarm goes off I finish the paragraph and write on a sticky note
where I left off and stick it to my laptop hand rest. Then the next day I
waste no time finding my starting place.
I
am used to reading books in such a way that I find moment here and
there and liking to complete them quickly, mostly because I am impatient
and want to know whats next. This 15 minute a day pace is affords a
new perspective, a refreshing time to think and ponder deeper. I have
been saving my reading for the end of the day. I will now move my
reading time earlier in the day and also play with different times to
see when my mind is most clear and my time least distracted. I just
wanted to keep a space between my scripture time and my classics time
so I could relish and ponder both. Maybe scriptures before breakfast
and classics after lunch? Yeah! Quiet time is back!!!
If
I can carve out 15 minutes a day on a regular basis, why not 16 or 17
minutes? What would happen if I just had the book, or had it on a
handheld device, then would I discover minutes here and there? For now, I
am enjoying the first work in volume one- The Autobiography of
Benjamin Franklin.
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