Saskia Valentine
1 min readJan 23, 2024

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This idea of selections gave me an "aha!" moment. I have chronic "biblio-ADHD" - I don't even know how many books I'm in the middle of. Selections will help me focus.

Kindle selection for reading in bath: 50 Gothic Masterpieces. Been reading this on and off since the summer of 2020, but it does include full-length novels! I'd like to finish it this year.

Audio selection while walking to work: Flow by Mihalyi Czikzentmihalyi (sp.?).

Purse selection read on public transport if not listening to audio selection: A battered, yellowed, disintegrating copy of For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (printed in 1965; I think my son took it from his father's place). Reading because my son spent some months reading it last year and was intrigued. And it's good to read classics.

Side hustle selection: I review books for small payments from a website. I need to reread and write a review of a book about running a business for stay-at-home mothers. (Can't disclose details yet ...)

Personal growth selection: How to Handle a Narcissist by Theresa Jackson. This is to help me deal with a work situation.

Health selection: The Complete Guide to Memory by Dr Richard Restak. My short-term memory has been somewhat faulty in recent years. Work has been stressful and tiring, and stress and fatigue make it all worse, but I believe perimenopause contributes. Doing the memory exercises from the part of the book I've read has helped so, so much. Need to finish it and do more!

That's enough selections for now ...

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Saskia Valentine

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