This is the PDF version of a piece that originally appeared in OEI magazine #86/87 (2020). It is a submanifesto of the NewLights Press, about reading, books, daily time, and feeling pulled away from the work of making. This is a high-resolution PDF for personal use, copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. If you would like to use this piece in a class, please purchase the Classroom License PDF.