It's hard to carve out time to brush my teeth and get some kind of regular exercise, much less find a way to keep my brain in good working order. (Full disclosure--I have an advanced literature degree, but that probably means that I'm even less likely to have a fully operational brain than the average person.) However, I've set up certain intellectual tasks for myself for the next year or so (not including the obligatory books on baby and toddler care--I've bought a whole new batch recently). It's time to read--cover to-cover--the Bible, and, to balance it out, a few books on classical mythology. It's also high time that I gained some sort of basic working knowledge of scientific principles, and of the history of art. (I've bought a series of educational videos on the two subjects--enough to skim the surface of both subjects and not much more, I realize--but better than nothing.) On top of that, there's a desire to read more in my own field--after all, my interest in literature has never waned--and, oh yeah, there's that writing "career" which has never quite materialized...and a couple translation projects that I've only begun to pursue; and I hope to resume piano playing sometime soon...
I only have about an hour a day to devote to any of these projects...I know, I know, I'm wildly unrealistic. but I've thrown down the gauntlet here, just by mentioning all these things; we'll see how far I've gotten by the time the little guy's second birthday has rolled around and I'm starting to look for a form of brain work that actually brings in some income.
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