I'll Finish This Later...

I've said those words more times than I can count. From the two unread books next to my bed, the countless Netflix series, the four unpublished blog posts on this site and other writings I'm not sure if it's just the summer months or my "busy" life but I just cannot seem to finish things these days.

My attempt at getting back into reading came after Game of Thrones Season six ended, I know that was a while ago, but I set out to read the first book before Season seven aired.  It's a long read, but I had a year to do it.  So, I went to Chapters in Toronto just before a plane ride to Nashville and picked up the book.  I had it all planned out, I have the time spent waiting at the airports for our flights, two plane rides and some down time on our trip to get to reading.

So, we get to the airport terminal and we had about three hours to kill before our flight.  The military taught me very early on that if you're not early for something, then you're late.  As I rummaged through my bag for my newly purchased copy of A Game of Thrones my phone buzzed.  I delayed my search for the book to check my phone, after all it could be an important message from a family member.  It was definitely not important.  It was my phone asking me if I would like to connect to the airport WiFi since it remembered the connection from a previous trip.  This is great, I thought.  Now I can watch Netflix.  So I delayed my plan to spend a couple of hours reading, after all I still had the plane ride and everything after.

On the plane and ready to taxi to the runway, I cracked the book.  As I began to read I was relating the story to the show and it was great.  Putting faces to the names, understanding why some things were different and trying to figure out why some things were changed.  I spent the duration of the flight (only 3 hours) reading A Game of Thrones.

And that's where I left it.  The book went back into my backpack and didn't see the light of day for nearly two years when I pulled it out to switch my bags around.  I told myself the entire trip that I need to get back into it, but I always put it off for something else.

Maybe A Game of Thrones was a daunting read for someone who is not much of a reader.  So, maybe I need to start somewhere easier.  Recently, my wife and I purchased the complete Harry Potter series.  She was really interested in getting into them and so we made a trip to a book store and picked them out.  Now I have another book reading plan.  Wait for her to finish a book, then we watch the movie, then I read that book.  And so, I hope with her pressing me to read a series she's interested in maybe I'll get through a book.  Maybe even a series.  I'll let you know how it goes though.

Oh, and for those unfinished blog posts.  I'll finish them later...