In recent years, I've been looking for a solution to this conundrum. How is it possible to be a well-informed citizen and simultaneously a calm, mostly cheerful, more or less sane human being?
I follow the news during daylight hours. At night, I read a book. Sometimes it's a poetry collection I can finish in an evening. Other times, it's a memoir or a thick, juicy novel.
This has nothing to do with any kind of reading log or yearly numbers goal. I am not an ambitious reader. I am a slow reader... I long ago lost my ability to read Latin, but I still read word by word.
I can hardly imagine the feeling of limitless time now. The approach of reading short pieces helps me maintain calm while staying informed about the world.
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