Comp 1
Quest Essay
9/30/2008
Questing To Read
Quest: a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something. That’s what I plan to do when I embark on my thirty day quest. I plan to make time to read every day. I endeavor to read, for pleasure, a minimum of thirty minutes each day. This does not include reading for school work.
Sounds pretty easy, right? Wrong. I am a very busy man. What with work, school, and the occasional video game, where would I even start to look for extra time? This calls for some major time management. I have to be able to balance the things I normally do, while still making time to complete my quest. I may even have to cut down on the time I spend surfing the net to make things work out.
Why would I even take this task on? I used to read all the time. I would even get in trouble for having my nose in a book when I was supposed to be doing other things. Lately, I haven’t really even had time to read one page other than for school. I have become so busy with other things that reading kind of took second chair to everything else.
I want to be able to enjoy a good book every now and then, especially since I have three books I have started that I need to finish. These books are “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, “The Teeth of the Tiger” by Tom Clancy and “The Zombie Survival Guide” by Max Brooks. I want to do this so I can once again be transported to another place and/or time through my books, because I love the way that feels.
This is going to be a challenge, because as I mentioned before, I am very busy. I literally have no time to myself, save for a few minutes in the morning and at night when I am getting out of or into bed. Add to this the fact that there are so many other distractions around the house like the television and the computer, and you have a verifiable problem. I have an advantage over all of this however. I love reading.
It is one of my most favorite things to do, aside from play my main sports of basketball, baseball and golf. Sit me down with a book that I find interesting, and I can guarantee you that I’ll have it done before you know it. This will be my biggest asset during my quest.
After going through with this I believe I will be a changed man. Not only will my schedule seem less hectic, but I will accomplish something that I have been meaning to do for months. This might also serve to make me less of a grouch all the time to my family because my mind will be so full of these stories that I won’t have time to be grouchy anymore. Another plus is all the things that I would be able to talk about with my family. Expect to see a brand new person (almost) at the end of the 30 days.
As with any undertaking, there will be rules to go along with this. If I don’t read for some reason on any given day, I must triple the amount that I must read on the following day. Each day that I miss will compound on top of this, making it necessary for me to keep up and not slack at all. I can read whatever books seem to trip my fancy, only limited by the books I have at my disposal. I can obtain new material from other people, stores, or the library, the treasure chest of books.
Doing this will probably affect my family in that I might not be able to spend as much time with them as they would like me to. I can always remedy this by reading near them, but I must not be distracted. Perhaps my family members will enjoy the change of pace, but then again, maybe not. Maybe they’ll just hate me until it’s over with.
Overall, it is going to be a long road. I haven’t read for sport in a long time and as a result, have lost some of my speed that I once enjoyed. Coming out of this, I hope to be just a good of a speed reader as I once was.
1 comment:
Your blog looks really cool! I think it is cool that you are going to read everyday because I don't like reading that much, so this quest would be difficult. Good luck:) Can't wait to hear about your books!
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