An Addiction Pops

LIAM LICKING LIPS AT THE THOUGHT OF ANOTHER BOOK

I rotate my addictions...try to keep them all even. I realized long ago this is the way I work to reduce my debilitating anxiety.
Occasionally, one pops out and attempts to break from the pack

What are they?

exercise/Fitbit

food

reading
plants

social media

wine

these are in alphabetical order

sub categories

are 
blogging

Crabtree's 

photography

the reading one is currently ballooning
see collage of borrowed books which all have temporarily resided in the house in the past month

my Kindle (below) is loaded with the borrowed eBook versions of the hard cover and my iPad (Right) can be loaded
And on my Kindle I have a purchased book, a rarity, author is a friend's niece
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39976003-must-have-faith


some books are sucked back before I get a chance to look

the books are almost all 14 day loans
how do I manage?

1-Paul is my human audio book

    he reads a share of them and after each chapter summarizes for me

2- In some I pick select chapters of import and skip ones of unnecessary description

    stop, skim, digest

3-I read all night

    I have restless leg, insomnia and all its accoutrements

    and Liam requesting a 2AM trip outside and a greenie

   these afflictions and distractions afford me hours of reading others may not have because they are sleeping 

pluses

less wine drinking

more knowledge

 reading builds writing skills
and I am a blogger
anxiety reduced by comfort of books
and immersion in stories, lives and worse problems

Minuses

others might want a book I have

book hogging is kinda selfish
anxiety heightened by book backlog
book due deadlines cause stress

solution

for book anxiety

have a Jack Reacher ready to download
he always works

and are you thinking

maybe she should go to therapy

or

be on meds

therapy-30 years, done

drug-cymbalta, current

this is as good as it gets

and it goes on

woof, woof