Magazine Mogul

My stack of unread magazines is literally more than a foot tall.  I just measured it this weekend.  This is a bit disheartening.  I told myself when I took the new job with the long commute that I would use the time to catch up on my reading. But it seems as if my stack keeps growing. 

Now let me be clear.  I don't actually pay for a subscription to all these magazines.  These are things we've gotten with extra frequent flyer miles or as gifts.  But still I feel guilty if I don't read each and every one. 

So not only did I measure my stack this weekend, but I put the magazines in chronological order so I could read the oldest ones first and then move on to the more recent issues.  Unfortunately, by the time I move on to the more recent ones, they'll be old too.  Just to give you an idea as to how far behind I am on my magazine reading -- I just learned who was best dressed at the Oscars and who actually won the golden statues.  I don't know how I functioned all this time without knowing that important information.  But I managed to make it through, several months in fact, blissfully ignorant.

Nonetheless, I'm determined to get through the stack, one by one.  Tomorrrow, for instance, I could read a  fitness magazine that guarantees I will be bikini ready by the first day of summer (NOT!) or I could read a holiday issue of a cooking magazine.  (Yes, I'm really that far behind.)  So while it's not too late to get in shape for next summer,  I decided to read the holiday issue instead and see if I can come up with some new recipes for Thanksgiving.  I just hope no one has tried them though.  After all, they're a bit outdated.