I am conditioned from an early age to read *everything* that is put in front of me.
I have *exactly* that same compulsion. I actually shower in the dark now (well, okay, I turn on my dark blue lava lamp (no, really) so that I won't bang my head or other, more sensitive bits on stuff) so that I can't obsessively read everything around me (shampoo bottles, conditioner, shaving cream, face wash, soap, dude, I use a lot of products in the shower). It actually gets me out of the shower about ten minutes faster. So I get where you're coming from on that. A couple of months ago I got behind on LJ and, because of my need to read everything, I just stopped reading it entirely. *flail*
And I also did a mass unfriending about a week ago and I got on such a roll that I almost defriended my best friend and future roommate. That might have made for some tension in the new apartment, heh.
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I have *exactly* that same compulsion. I actually shower in the dark now (well, okay, I turn on my dark blue lava lamp (no, really) so that I won't bang my head or other, more sensitive bits on stuff) so that I can't obsessively read everything around me (shampoo bottles, conditioner, shaving cream, face wash, soap, dude, I use a lot of products in the shower). It actually gets me out of the shower about ten minutes faster. So I get where you're coming from on that. A couple of months ago I got behind on LJ and, because of my need to read everything, I just stopped reading it entirely. *flail*
And I also did a mass unfriending about a week ago and I got on such a roll that I almost defriended my best friend and future roommate. That might have made for some tension in the new apartment, heh.