Find a children's book series and buy all of the books in it. I have found that after reading, and reading, and reading; journal after journal after journal your brain (if anything like mine) will soo turn to mush.
At this point you have a few choices....
1. Cry ( Waste of time and energy)
2. Play Wii (Great escape, but you run the risk of getting sucked in... and then you fail)
3. Read something FUN ( Kids books take about no brain power and normally, depending on the book, only about ten minutes to read!)
My Personal favorite are the pigeon books. I have ALL of them and they are short, sassy, and so much fun. My husband even found the pigeon in a stuffed animal form. He (the pigeon not my husband) sits on my desk and stares at me while I finish my thesis. When I think I need a break I look at Pigeon and he just looks at me and seems to say... "What are you looking at me for, I am not going to write that silly paper!"
Mo Williams is the author of the pigeon books and they are all great. He also has other books that are great.
Another idea is to find a comic book or two. These are short and can give the escape you need but will not take long to read. I was never a comic girl before I met my hubby but now I have reached FULL Dork status by being smart, a video game nerd, and now a comic book lover. The other choice...Audio books! I don't have time to read the fun books so I have found that when I am in the car I can listen to the fun books. I also listen to them while I am grading (sometimes) and when ever I am entering data into SPSS. Audio books let you relax, escape, and give you the ability to do other things while listening to them.
So... What are you waiting for.... get going... try one of these ideas!
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