Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 66
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book. When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” – Jane Austen
Kurt Vonnegut’s envelope-buying philosophy
Sometimes it’s important - spiritually speaking - to dilly-dally. We’re living in a hustle culture, where the most efficient approach to tasks is unilaterally seen as the best one. However, I recently stumbled across this thought from Kurt Vonnegut that made me pause for a second. The anecdote was first told in his 2005 book, A Man Without A Country, but this quote comes from a PBS interview with journalist David Brancaccio. Apparently, Vonnegut’s wife asked him why, each time he needed to post something, he would take a trip to the store to buy the postage supplies, instead of being a bit more organised and stocking up. Here’s how he responded:
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