As a historian I read a lot to try to keep up with my topics but it is never enough and there are always fun distractions. My main topic is the study of History as opposed to history. For the uninitiated that means I study not what is said but how it is said and what the underlying subtext is.
This obviously takes a lot of concentration and is often interrupted by the cat who regularly wants to be fed or loved. The cat is called Zach.
I am also a husband and father and these take up a lot of time. In fact I have got to the point of writing at 4am when they are not awake. The cat is though and if I am awake and doing something he feels I can do something useful like feed him, let him in or let him out and sometimes watch him eat. He loves that. He wants me to stand and watch him eat his food.
I also have a job which starts at seven and finishes at four. I drive to a school, deliver a workshop and then drive home again. I resent these nine hours where I can not write or read but I do get two hours of thinking time whilst driving. Unfortunately I spend this time thinking about how I should be reading.
I should be reading. I should be keeping up but there are too many distractions. Life gets in the way and despite all that being a husband, father, pet owner and a workshop leader is not a bad way to waste time that should be spent reading.
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