Ah yes... reading. I have been an avid fiction and essay and non-fiction reader for all my life, but after my fall in 2004, I lost all interest in it. The loss if interest followed my loss of ability. I literally could not make it through a book. Or even a chapter. I was given "Life of Pi" for Christmas one year, and I could not follow it. Granted, it's a challenging book to begin with, but I would forget what had happened on the last page, whenever I turned to a new one.

After several years of this, I decided enough is enough. I had to do something. This is what I did to "reboot" my reading (which has worked).

I found a book that really held my attention -- one of the Bourne novels, which one of my favorite movies was based on. Because I knew the movie so well, I could follow the book - like training wheels. The places where the book was different from the movie made it a little challenging, but it also got me thinking things through more completely.

I'm not sure I ever actually finished that book, but it got me started. I worked on different books at different times, with plenty of time in between to rest my brain. Reading intensively every day was not an option for me, because my brain couldn't deal.

It probably took me at least 6 months, before I could read through an entire book. But it's been several years since I "rebooted" my reading, and now I'm reading regularly. I find that I need to really care about what I'm reading. I can't tolerate plot lines about people I think are idiots... so, that tends to limit my choices

I get irritated quickly, and that sets me back, so I need to pick and choose my material carefully.

Fortunately, there are plenty of books in the world, and I have plenty of interests, so I'm happy to report ... I'm back.

With time, you can be too, I am sure.