Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book

As I was subbing at Ypsi High the other day I realized just how much I used to read in school. It comes as no surprise that I was able to read almost every Stephen King book, a whole bunch of Goosebumps books (don't judge me), a ten-book series in the Star Wars universe and other random books (a few by Barbara Kingsolver and others that Alexa recommended).

I think I read roughly 20 hours a week in school alone (none of it school-related). I can say, however, that I never read a whole book that was assigned to me. I should be ashamed, but I'm not. This doesn't include how much reading I did outside of school, which was a considerable amount. I even had a lot of time to spend with friends and do stupid things (i.e. make movies, play hockey and just other things people do in high school).

I'm a little depressed about how much less I'm reading now. All the time I spent in school reading is now spent working (of course, subbing allows for a lot of reading time). In the six years since graduating from high school most of it has been spent working, doing school work or hanging out with Alexa and other friends. I often skip out on hanging out with people to catch up on some reading.

I'm hoping that I can start reading more. I have ambitions to read a lot more books in the coming years. I just hope I can find the time to do it.