What I've Learned From Books

I love the library. I love the feel of it, the smell, the sounds ("Shhh!), and the candy store excitement I experience when I see all those yummy books!! So although today my plan was to be in the library just long enough for my son to check out a book for a school assignment, I ended up losing myself for much longer in the "New Book" section.

I grabbed a cookbook called "Baked" and a novel that looked intriguing even though I'm not yet done reading the two books that currently live on my nightstand. I thumbed through some new financial books and also one on decorating your house in the style of French Provencial. I could have spent all afternoon perusing the travel books and, if I wanted to, I could have learned a great deal about raising horses or sewing bags for all occasions. Feeling the pressure to make my way to the self-checkout, however, I gave the last shelf in the "New Book" section one more glance and there I found a book that ultimately helped to snap me out of the kid-in-a-candy-store-state I was in. The rather thick book was all about organizing your home office. It had chapter after chapter about organizing files and eliminating unnecessary paperwork. Some of the headings promised fail-proof techniques to keeping your desk clean and your work space efficient...I was tempted to add that book to my pile. I could have easily checked it out, brought it home and read it cover to cover, but this one fact stopped me: while I sat with my cup of tea and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies reading the pages of that book and committing to memory the wise advice it had to offer, I would not be doing what it is that I truly need to do which is CLEAN MY DESK AND GET ORGANIZED! The truth is I know how to do what I have to do, I'd just rather do other things like hang out at the library...and write in my blog! Guilty again.