All I want for Christmas is down time
I have good intentions every year to read more for work, and by read I mean whole books. In our line of work it’s vital to keep up with new ideas, concepts, models and workplace trends. Like most people I become distracted by work, by activities of my family, the never ending busy-ness of life. I can usually fit in reading and writing some blogs, listening to podcasts and audio books at best. Holidays are a time for slowness, deep reading, getting lost in books and lost in thought.
Summer Holidays in Australia are so well timed! I spent 9 years living in the UK and I remember my Christmases felt magical. The Christmas lights, putting on big coats to shop in the icy weather, morning frost - so romantic! But the time straight after Christmas in Europe is a bit of a bummer. The decorations and lights become cheap and mock us as we slog back to work, nothing to look forward to but the depth of winter, the cold and miserable return to work.
Aussies have it so much better! Warm weather and holidays which stretch out before us, fun in the sun and precious down time. A whole lot of time for reflecting, wondering, wondering about wondering, learning and reading!
Like a lot of the ReBooters at ReBoot Co. I have a pile of books that I never seem to get through during the year, here’s what some of us are intending to read over the Holidays and why.