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Time to Read

I wish I had all the time in the world to read most of the amazing slices.

As I am in a different timezone, the slices keep popping up as soon as I get to work. There is a disadvantage with the time difference, because when I get to school there is no time to breathe!

I’m thinking of a plan to read and comment on more slices in April. There is so much wealth in reading others’ slices.

Every March, since I started slicing, I have kept a little journal to record the number of slices I comment on daily. I have a section in the notebook for new words I read and any ideas I can use in future.

This year, the words I have collected so far are: riffing, noggin, homogeneity, credence, apt, toodles, exuberence, flamboyance, futzed, keening, vista, vixen, nebulous, besotted, spontaneous, paranoia.

Some of these words are quite common, it is just that, I have never used them, so capturing them will help me remember their existence and sometimes remind me to find the meaning of the ones I don’t recall.

I have recorded a couple of books that have been shared. I have placed them in my Amazon cart, one of them is ‘The Power of a Few Kind Words: Create a More Meaningful Life, One Letter at a Time’, shared on Leigh Anne’s blog. I will be buying them soon.

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6 responses to “Time to Read”

  1. jodimahoney Avatar
    jodimahoney

    I love how you read with intention. You note and notice and learn. You read to interact. Thank you for sharing a peek into what you’ve taken notice of.

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  2. Erika Victor Avatar
    Erika Victor

    I also regret all the slices I cannot read. I love the things you collect from slices- I should be more intentional in that!

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  3. TLC Avatar
    TLC

    This made me think about recodring more of the ideas I read. I often think, I could try that and the prompt fades away. I’m finding it hard to keep up with reading and wish I could get through many more posts.

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  4. aggiekesler Avatar
    aggiekesler

    What a great idea! I love that you keep word lists learned from other slicers. 🙂

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  5. Elisabeth Avatar
    Elisabeth

    I often find myself going back to a previous day to check in on slices (especially since I’m a morning slicer and miss the evening slicers). I love your word list–and the idea of keeping a word list! I need to try that. thank you for this window into the reading part of your slicing month.

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  6. mschiubookawrites Avatar
    mschiubookawrites

    Oooh, a word list is such a great idea! Thank you for this idea. I too love learning from others and really appreciate your writing style!

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About Me

I am an Elementary school teacher , I taught at an International IB School in Accra, Ghana. I am now teaching in Hanoi. Writing is my passion and I try to write daily, at least in my sentence a day journal, to capture all the blessings around me. I write with groups of writers, such as Teach Write and sometimes Ethical ELA. I also encourage my friends to write , so I created a platform to make that possible -Writing Run.

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