@nadir So, I have a goal of reading a quality book, and I mean quality literature, every few days. My secret is going to be to take breaks from social media quite often. I also will be getting my news from newspapers at the cafe and the library. No TV (which I don't do now anyway). This is how I plan to get through a Liberal Arts curriculum and all of these languages.

@zacts @nadir Hijacking to ask what does "quality literature" mean to you?

@carrie @nadir Hm... some examples of goals of mine might be: The Iliad (Fagles translation), The Odyssey (Fagles translation), Herodotus Histories, Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice, Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights, A History of Greek Mathematics Vol. I and Vol. II by Sir Thomas Heath, An Introduction to Ancient Greek, The Marx-Engels Reader, What is Mathematics? by Courant and Robbins. The classics and great books for now. Also, more modern literature as well.

@zacts @nadir I'm all for Pride and Prejudice, absolutely hate Wuthering Heights. Good on you for the Greek; I was going to go for a degree in Comp Lit until I was told I'd have to learn 4 different languages. I didn't have enough time on my plate for that.

@carrie @nadir Yeah four different languages is a bit intense for a single degree.

@zacts @nadir But needed for comparative literature, for sure. I only wanted to go into it because my passion is for Western religious literature, and learning Hebrew/Greek would've been right in that wheelhouse. Maybe someday. Any other multi-cultural authors on your list?

@carrie @nadir Perhaps some Buddhist texts. I would especially be interested in Buddhist Logic.

@carrie @nadir But to be honest, I really have to get into the groove of improving my reading habits and heavily lessening social media. I have made huge progress with the Attic Greek, however.

@zacts @nadir I need to do that as well. The lure of social media has been keeping me from reading the way I used to. I used to be able to finish a book a day; now, I'm lucky if I finish one in a month simply because I don't make time. I have so many books I want to read and social media is just so vacuous, I really just need to apply myself.