February 4, 2009

Once upon a time, I did take advantage of time on the cardio machines at the gym to catch up on my magazine reading. Now, I only go to the gym for yoga or weights and do my cardio outside.  It's rare; but if I do go to the gym for cardio because of weather, I can't read on the machines any more. I don't know if it got darker in my gym or if my eyes just got worse, but I refuse to wear reading glasses while working out! (Go ahead, call me vain!)

My problem right now is that I just don't have enough time to kick back and leisurely browse through my magazines. I'd like to be able to read my magazines in a relaxed mode and not in a huge hurry just to move it from the ‘unread' pile to the ‘read' pile.

How nice would this be? (aahhh…heaven)

Flickr photo by Santheo

We talked about this about four months ago. At that time, I was down to these six subscriptions.  I've just decided that I probably won't ever have time to read these each month, so something's gotta give! Here's how they rank now:

Keepers:

• Fit Yoga
• whole living body+soul

Undecided:

• Heart Healthy
• Food Network

Won't renew:

• Sculptural Pursuit
• Coastal Living
• Food & Wine

When it's time to renew my subscriptions, I will probably only keep FitYoga and whole living body+soul.

I like Heart Healthy and I do occasionally find articles in it that are interesting and maybe a few recipes that I like, so it's under consideration. And, I also, am a little disappointed in Food Network Magazine. I've got several months left on my subscription, so for now, I'll keep reading as time allows and make a decision when my subscription is due for renewal.

The last three are just being eliminated because of lack of time. I like them all but just cannot find any extra time in my day to read them.

It's such a stress factor for me when I see my “to read” pile of magazines stacking up! That's just wrong! Magazines are supposed to be fun; not another source of stress!  So, for now, I'm weeding out my least favorites!

~LilSis