But Why?

So first of all, I need to clarify two things that we did not mention in our first post, as well as in our vlog:

 1. Another friend of ours, Rhiannon, will be the third member of this blog and you will shortly meet her on her own terms through blog posts and her own vlogs.

2. Despite what it may seem like, our blog is in no way Harry Potter related though we somehow always manage to mention such things in our day to day lives so if you're also fan, that's a plus, but definitely not a necessity.

More importantly though, here's the premise of our blog:

The idea of socially isolating myself and completely devoting myself to books for one week was incited by two particularly bothersome realizations. The first being quite simple, it was the nagging thought of how I don't read enough. As much as I love reading,  I never seem to have the time for it. At first I thought that like most of problems, this could be blamed on school. However, summer came around and I still wasn't committing enough time to the forgotten books on my shelf. So I decided that one way or another, I would devout my time to reading again.

The second realization is somewhat irrelevant while still thoroughly relevant at the same time. I noticed that more and more often, I was going through phases- sometimes lasting hours, other times stretching out for days- where I would complain of being so tired of everyone in my life, and just wanting some time to myself. However, I am not exactly what you would call a overly-sociable. Yes, I have friends and family whose company I enjoy, yet I have never been the type to share every hour of every day with friends. So why do I feel so crowded?

After much thought, my first theory is that even when I am sitting alone in my bedroom, I am always connected to friends and family. It might seem that I only spend fifteen minutes browsing Facebook here and there, and every text message I send only takes half a minute of my time; yet because I am constantly in contact with others, I never feel quite alone. While this can be a great thing, I think that when abused, it has become a horrible thing.  Not only have I lost the sense of having time to myself, I have also wasted all this time that adds up rapidly in a day.

So I decided to combine the two realizations together: I will read for one full week and I will make the time to do so by being a hermit. So from Monday to Friday, August 1st until August 5th, my cell phone will be off, my Facebook account will be untouched, and my Skype will be  unused.

I would appreciate it if you could all read our blog, follow us , and possibly leave comments,when you have a few minutes here and there, so that I will have this sole connection to the outside world.

-Niyousha