My entire life feels like a covert operation to find time to read. I’ll go to any lengths to get just a few minutes with my favourite magazine from sitting in the driveway after arriving home, hoping nobody heard me driving in.
I just want to finish reading this one story.
We have a cross trainer at home and instead of watching a TV show on Netflix I’ll flip through a magazine. Well, when I say “flip” I mean awkwardly hold with one hand while holding onto the cross trainer handle with the other while trying to read.
Sometimes when I have a whole day of nothing to do on the weekend I’ll just sit down with a cup of tea and read and issue instructions to my children about what they can eat and do, while barely moving. It’s bliss. Living the dream.
Picture perfect. Image: Giphy.com
It's just such a busy time of the year right now and I'm finding it more difficult to snatch any time to read let alone clear an entire day to catch up on all of my favourite titles. I'm yet to crack the cover of the latest issue of Australian Women's Weekly with Lisa Wilkinson on the cover (that I bought last month!) and it lives on my side table, taunting me, seemingly saying, "READ ME! I'M SO INTERESTING."
So I've ended up with a tall pile of magazines on my bedside table and lounge room coffee table because I know that while I don't have a lot of time to read at the moment, I'm about to have two blissful weeks over Christmas and New Year during which I can catch up on them all.
While eating leftovers.
And drinking even more tea.
Maybe I'll even go away somewhere and lounge next to a pool, sipping on a mocktail and reading a magazine through over-sized sunglasses. I'll post pictures of myself on Instagram with hashtags such as #livingthedream and everyone will wish they were me.
"Maybe I'll even go away somewhere and lounge next to a pool, sipping on a mocktail and reading a magazine through over-sized sunglasses." Image: Giphy.com
Once Christmas is done and the food is eaten and the cleaning is finished and the visitors have gone home I'm going to lay back and slowly and leisurely work my way through a brilliant pile of titles.
Money Magazine - to repair my shattered finances after the holiday season.
Australian House & Garden - so I can give gardening another go after a failed attempt at a vegetable garden earlier this year.
Good Health - to repair some of the damage over-indulgences.
Rugby League Week - to figure out if it's worth being an Eels supporter for just one more year. Maybe this year is our year. Maybe this time we'll win!
And I don't have to go to the shops for my favourite titles anymore. I don't have to worry if they are still in stock or when the latest issue is out. By subscribing to Magshop I can sit back as all of my favourite magazines arrive at my doorstep.
Magshop is a one-stop-online-shop for books, magazines as well as gifts and eVouchers. It's a great Christmas gift idea that works for absolutely everybody and hopefully my family and friends return the favour on my birthday which falls shortly after Christmas in January.
I was trying to think of what to get for my husband, my dad and my brother-in-law. They are so difficult to buy for! In fact, my sister isn't easy either. But each of them has specific interests which means a subscription like this will be perfect.
The perfect gift. Image: iStock.
In fact I can't think of one person who wouldn't love this as a gift and you can do it online and completely avoid going to the shops which are so busy at this time of the year. It's almost impossible to find a parking spot at the moment, even just to do the grocery shopping.
A subscription to Magshop is simple, easy and truly is the gift that keeps on giving.
Even better, this Christmas you can win a share of $50,000 simply by purchasing anything on the Magshop site. Whether you're looking to purchase a subscription as a gift, or just want to spoil yourself.
Stock up on magazines ahead of your end-of-year-break or buy subscriptions or vouchers as Christmas presents for family and friends and you'll all be set for a relaxing and blissful summer break.
How do you make time to read?