Operation Feed My Brain

In an effort to reverse my brain rot, I am reading more of the news and actually paying attention while doing so, rather than letting my mind wander to the 10,000 other things that need to get done. A multi-tasking brain can be difficult to control.

I just ordered some books from Amazon.com on economic issues, to give myself a refresher course on material that was long-ago forgotten, and I’ve become a CNBC junkie, watching in the morning before the kids get up to find out what the latest news is. I’m hopeful I can start to feel more knowledgeable about day-to-day happenings, even if other moms aren’t necessarily interested in discussing such things in the mind-numbing detail that I am seeking.

There was a time when I read the New York Times from front to back every single day. I was in college and the entire point of my existence was to learn. Lord, do I miss that and wish I had appreciated it at the time, but in talking to others, it seems that I’m not the only one who wishes they had spent less time drinking beer and more time taking advantage of a 4-year block of time to simply absorb information.

I suspect that sort of time won’t be available to me again until the kids are grown and we have retired, but until then, I’m going to make an effort. Operation Feed My Brain is in effect.