February, already?

It's February 8th are you on track with your New Years Resolutions?

I AM! (kinda)

Clearly, I have done a horrible job at keeping up with this blog. But before publishing this, I have written 2 other blog drafts and have recently been inspired to write. I even wrote a poem last night for the first time in 5 years #inspired. I hope this creative spark stays longer than a week.

Fitness wise, 4 days a week has been tough. I have neither gained nor lost any weight. I've been doing more like 2 or 3 days a week, but I have stuck to doing more of a variety in my activities. I do Zumba once a week, I tried power vinyasa yoga, and have taken a tap class at Broadway Dance. With 15 more Zumba classes left on my pre-paid class card and my love for tap stronger than ever before, I can imagine this is the one resolution that will stick with me for the next 11 months of 2012.

Reading? Does reading blogs count? Guess not. Gotta put my kindle to use.

Moving out is officially on hold so I can go on a nice vacation, but it WILL happen before 2013.

Are you on track with your resolutions for 2012? What are you doing to make sure you stick to them? Please share your insights in the comments!

The New Age of Reading

Recently, I finished The Hunger Games trilogy and it took a lot longer than expected. Because it takes me a week TOPS to finish a book, I never like buying them - besides my bookshelf is overflowing with books that I haven't touched more than once. So instead, I take advantage of the public library. I was on the waiting list for the second book in the series for about 3 weeks and couldn't read the third one without reading the second first. I was annoyed. I seriously considering investing in a kindle or a nook so I wouldn't have the hassle of waiting for another book again. I made a mini pro/con list in my head...

Kindles and nooks are great, lightweight, come with snazzy covers, and have thousands of books to download with the click of a keyboard. They seem great..except that it's just like reading on a computer screen. I don't know about you guys, but my eyes get so extremely tired spending hours looking at a screen. I much prefer reading print. I also love the feeling of a printed book in my hands. The yellowing pages, although gross and something smelly, are almost magical in a way. Hundreds of people could have held that same book you are now reading and each person took something different away from the words on the pages. So although a kindle/nook is your own personal portable library, you almost lose the magic of the printed word.

As of right now, I'll be sticking with my Brooklyn Public Library card..but I can't imagine libraries existing 20 years from now.

What are your thoughts on Kindles and Nooks? Do you own one? Do you prefer them to 'old fashioned' hard/soft cover books? Would love some feedback!