Why Does This Blog Exist?

Why does this blog exist? Mainly because I've realised that I spend a lot of time putting time into things that don't necessarily amount to much, and I procrastinate enough so that I put little time into those things that may amount to a lot.

I also want to force myself to get back into reading again, because the amount of books I've collected that are waiting to be read is a bit ridiculous at this point. With school and other commitments I've found that I have little time to read. In general, this makes me pretty sad considering that reading is and has always been one of my all time favourite things to do. With this blog I'll (hopefully) be able to convince myself that I have no choice but to finish every book that is unread in my room.

In the near future I hope to get up a few discussion posts about various things, or whatever may be topical at the time. This blog is very likely going to be an outlet and brain dump of the mess that is in my head. 

Considering that the majority of my friends don't read books, I don't necessarily have people to talk about this kind of thing with. So that's what this blog will be for. Let's just hope I stick to it.

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  1. Unknown23 August 2018 at 09:12

    I love the header. Well done for designing the layout. It's really cool

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