I recently went on vacation. I wanted to really switch off and couldn't bring myself to read non-fiction that engaged my brain. I hadn't read fiction in more t

I recently went on vacation. I wanted to really switch off and couldn't bring myself to read non-fiction that engaged my brain. I hadn't read fiction in more than ten years. The first day by the pool I'd read a page then found my mind wandering. By the end of the first day I had a headache, as if my brain was under strain from stretching an old, unused muscle. The rest of the vacation I couldn't stop reading. Took the Kindle everywhere, tried to steal any moments away from family to get to the next chapter. Funny how the brain works like that. The post script is of course I returned from vacation and haven't had the same reading rhythm. Turns out new (old) habits are hard.