This essay received second place in the BYU Studies 2013 Essay Contest. Original image of typewriter by Bernard Walker via flickr, Creative Commons license. I Am Not a Writer “For when you become a writer!” read the note on the most expensive pen I had ever touched, a pen I would never consider buying for […]
Lately I’ve been more vocal about my love for reading. On social media I’ve linked to my Goodreads page, touted new books I love, and posted about my reading goals and challenges. I also may have mentioned that in 2013 I read 75 books, not counting picture books (though that 75 does include fiction, nonfiction, […]
Having wealth gives you privileges–including the ability to buy the most expensive Kindle books on the planet. If the highest price is your true goal, you should start by purchasing nonfiction: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: $16,870 ($.97/page) At just under a dollar per page, this encyclopedia is a steal. While the […]
It’s January 23rd and I may have finalized my New Year’s resolutions. Maybe. No, I’m not a slacker. True, I didn’t start thinking about my New Year’s goals until January 1st, when I jotted some thoughts down in a notebook. But those thoughts were were not etched in stone–on the contrary, they were illegibly penned […]
It’s easy to get caught up in consumerism at this time of year, and to put material possessions–both the giving and gaining of them–above everything else. As a family, we made the decision that this would be a light Christmas. In part, it’s for the cost savings, but in part it’s a philosophical decision. Yet […]