How do you read so much?

[@officialmkamzeemwatela]

I am a single mom with a child. And I read! A lot! You’ve affirmed my love for classics. Thank you. I’m also working on my first novel💃🏾

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

See, it's all about priorities! 😍 Amazing - I love that. Good luck with your novel and thank you for watching!

[@officialmkamzeemwatela]

@@ProseAndPetticoatsthank you!

[@tahlia__nerds_out]

Hi, I'm a new subscriber; I found you through @BookZealots . 8:44 I agree wholeheartedly. When I was a nurse, I used to hear this all the time from people in regards to knitting: "oh, I don't have the time to knit/learn to knit". It used to drive me nuts, because there was this undertone of bragging that they had more important things occupying their time. Eventually, I made the same point you just did; you make the time for what is important to you; the same people who claimed that they didn't have time to knit made time to go out drinking, go rafting, or binge-watch Netflix. They just chose to use that time for those pursuits instead of for knitting; time wasn't the issue... it was a matter of what they prioritized. Case in point: I used to knit while walking, while grocery shopping (forearms pushing the cart while my hand were busy knitting, or while knitting in line), on lunch break, etc. I always have access to a book and/or my knitting, and on a good day, can knit [a simple project] and read simultaneously. I think that, a lot of time, fatigue - whether due to medical issues or a crazy-busy/stressful life - is more likely to be a deterrent to getting any sort of hobby done, due to the inability to focus. After all, most people can squeeze in knitting one row, or reading one paragraph or one page here and there.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@tahlia__nerds_out I'm so glad you found me! I hope you'll stick around 🥰 That's amazing. What are you knitting most of the time? Such a creative hobby. It indeed can be frustrating, and I also sometimes have that feeling that they're saying "I'm too busy doing important things". It also drives me nuts 😆

[@tahlia__nerds_out]

@@ProseAndPetticoats I knit all sorts of things (sweaters, socks, shawls), but I've been trying to refocus on making simple charity baby blankets of late so that I can knit and read simultaneously. I can take a while to catch up on booktube, but I've enjoyed your videos that I have watched thus far. 😊

[@MariaVivian-z5n]

Thank you for this Emmelie! Reading does need to be an intentional activity. We can always find excuses not to do a thing so if reading is important it need to be prioritized. Basically I'm just paraphrasing something you have already said. You said it much better! Also I think that we all go through different stages in life where reading can be made more intentional. As an older person I now have more time to read than when I was younger. Life in not as busy and priorities are different. I can't image not reading. A life with books is so much richer. 😊

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

I can't imagine life without books either! Exactly. I'm glad we agree ;)

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

'reading is a priority'....words to live by ❤

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Indeed! 😍

[@Yesica1993]

I get a lot of my reading done these days while I am at the laundromat! There's nothing else to do when you're waiting for the machines to finish. I love it!

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Haha that's a great way to make some progress in your book!

[@ladyfox6705]

I love the silence, too. I can't concentrate with music or distractions about. Only birds and the wind in the trees for me!🌲🐦

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Nature is the best background music!

[@martindiaries]

Very eloquently said! Keep on reading ^^

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Thanks for watching!

[@ToReadersItMayConcern]

This is the perfect topic for you, and you nailed it. The effects of great literature is unlike anything else and worth the effort to prioritize. Great job, Emmelie!

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

So kind of you! 😊 Thank you so much.

[@DarrenRosenow]

Very well spoken Emmelie.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Thank you so much. Always happy to see you in my comment section 🥰

[@TriumphalReads]

I definitely think getting a few pages in here and there at random opportunities is helpful. I think there is a mindset that that kind of reading isn't always worth it or that it won't be retained or something but it really does add up over the course of time. Great vid Emmelie

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Thank you so much! 🤎

[@ladyfox6705]

I'm 52 and have loved to read since I learnt how to read, and my teachers were always impressed with how much I read as a child. Always loved story-telling in any format, and enjoyed writing stories when I was younger. Now I love not only books, but also video games and the way stories and lore is told through that media. I have very eclectic taste, too! Have just started The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu which I'm enjoying (love the show, too!)

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

That's amazing. I have never heard of that book nor the show, but I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[@annamattos8627]

The Three Body Problem is amazing, I loved the whole trilogy!

[@ladyfox6705]

@@annamattos8627 I loved the show, and am really enjoying the books! 👌

[@binglamb2176]

I have always found time to read and I especially like to read for 2 hours in the evening after dinner. It's relaxing and I find I sleep much better as a result. I also listen to an audiobook during my morning walk outside for about an hour or so. As you say, it is about priorities and if you really do love to read, you will find the time.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Exactly! I love this for you. It sounds wonderful :)

[@davidmccalip5759]

Hello Emmelie! I hope you are doing well. I also try to bring a book with me everywhere I go, especially when my wife wants me to take her shopping as then I try to find either a quiet place or a food court where I can drink a coke and read and not bother her with "let's go." Believe it or not, I get more reading done in spring/summer/fall than winter b/c I love reading either in the front porch or back patio with classical MPR either on Alexa or my phone in the background. In the winter, I read in our library, but it is not the same as outside. Also, I love reading with classical music in the background since it is instrumental music; but can't read if I were to listen to heavy metal like Van Halen, Rush, Cinderella, Scorpions or Led Zeppelin (total child of the 80's 😉) as I would not be able to concentrate. Great topic and I look forward to the next one. Have a great day!

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Yesss David! I love that. Thanks for watching!

[@ArthurKain]

Yes! Yes to all you said here! I can easily flow into reading and writing, but I need to think about watching one movie or playing a video game. Even then I can only watch one movie in a single sitting and maybe play a video game for ninety minutes on occasion. Audiobooks are beautiful for when I'm workout out too, especially on my long hikes and evening walks around my town.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@ArthurKain It's really curious how focus works! Those hikes sound wonderful. Do you have a lot of nature around?

[@ArthurKain]

@@ProseAndPetticoats Yes! There is a nature trail near my home, which is the very location the first settlers of my county arrived here and even around my home I have some trees and I'm near the creek that flows into the river; at this time I can hear the birds singing and I've had deer grazing on my front yard.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@ArthurKain I'm really jealous. I have nothing beautiful around where I live, and I miss it... I got myself a walking pad to walk inside 😮‍💨

[@jenstudies-booksbones6711]

I also spent 3 hours a day commuting in Brussels and oh boy, with 2 buses and a metro full of people, reading books was always impossible.

[@kiseryo]

you're like my new favourite booktuber ahhh!!😭🤍 i live for the victor hugo contents and some french lit, and the coziness!! thank you for putting these treasures🫶💌

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@kiseryo Aww such a kind comment, thank you! I'm glad to have you hear 😍 I'm obsessed with French lit. I'm always ready to talk about Victor Hugo with you 🤓

[@DominikBialy_]

I picked up reading mostly because it's one of the things that can be fit into any amount of time in any place. I may only get like 30 minutes of uninterupted time in a day, but if I add all that small little 10 minutes windows here and there and listen to audiobook during walking/commute it can reach easily 2-3h/day which is usually more time that I can effectively focus my attention. I had many other hobbies in life, but nothing fits so well into busy schedule like reading I think.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

This is so true! Reading is perfect for this.

[@rupatiwary3008]

Hey Emmelie, do you read poems? Or poetry? I don't know the difference. If I want to start reading it what should I do go and search chat Gpt for good poems or buy an anthology. And what about understanding. I know nothing about meter, etc. Whatever. Or what's best book. And also I think want to reach that level where I can truly feel euphoric reading a good poem. So think classics poems will be only good. That's just what I think. I searched for best poems, many said sonnet 18, I read , quite good even though I didn't understand many things, but I say music is way better. Why not not music . I think it might be a silly question still I ask as you are experienced- 1) is it really that some hard books , novels or poems give to much pleasure than some very engaging and exiting movie ? ( I mean I like reading books but I also like some moments of movie or anime which gives me goosebumps every time I see it , I appreciate book and I really love some book, but I can't say same about books) ( Does it have to do with - you reach a certain level when you read them and can appreciate that poem more than an engaging music?) 2.) or it isn't about pleasure? They are two questions... Thanks I know I always make you read a lot with my sorry english. ..

[@richardfairley9882]

As a suggestion ( if you haven't already! ) - and a challenge with HUGE reading rewards - have you yet tried Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'? I think you might fall in love with it if/when you do... 💟

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Can you give me a little bit more info on this work? Is it a novel? :)

[@richardfairley9882]

@@ProseAndPetticoats Hi, Emmelie! It's an epic poem in 6 books and two further cantos ( published in one volume by Penguin Classics ). Edmund Spenser was a contemporary of Shakespeare and wrote his poem as a huge moral & philosophical allegory ( as well as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth 1st ). It is regarded as one of the greatest poems of English literature and is an Arthurian romance set in Faeryland. Tales of knights & damsels, witches & wizards, forests & castles - and, of course, the faery-folk. Some say it's the first literary work of fantasy. It would be my 'desert island' book - and I really think you would love it, too!

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@richardfairley9882 You've convinced me. I'll add it to my list! Thank you.

[@richardfairley9882]

@@ProseAndPetticoats I'm honoured, my lady! 🤗 I think you have a real treat in store!

[@richardfairley9882]

Ps. Thought you might like this BBC documentary on The Faerie Queene... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rILLYnyYibqbfKMsi=z9wWBmzIXVyXM7MK

[@pax-domini]

Good video!

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Thank you so much!

[@nicolycoutinho9338]

This is such an inspiring video. I relate to you a lot, except I’m not an author. You mentioned other hobbies, so what else do you enjoy doing? Curious to know. 😊

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@nicolycoutinho9338 Musician (piano and singing, I'm in a band), making clothes, writing books, journaling, and making KZbin videos! ;)

[@nicolycoutinho9338]

@@ProseAndPetticoats you’re in a band?! That’s so cool. You do so many artistic things. Wow. 🤩

[@SevenUnwokenDreams]

Reading is an automatic priority for me. I don't even think about it, I just reach for a book when I'm in between tasks. I get bored watching TV too. I do subvocalize, I can't help it. I tried not to, and it works, but it's less delicious to me haha.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

That's great! Haha, if it works, it works ;)

[@gladouhills9039]

I also read in public transportation and by doing so, I realised that I start reading more books because I finish books faster. After I finish a book I journal about it. And I spend less time watching TV shows or videos 'cause I read instead 😊

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@gladouhills9039 YAY! 😍

[@shelby5725]

Do you feel like reading impacts your other hobbies? It spills over into other aspects of my life.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Yes, it does :) But it improves my life so much 🥰

[@GladysHunnam]

Everytime I hear people excuse themselves with the "I don't have time" immediately Sheldon's voice from the series "The big bang theory" comes to mind and says: "If you have time to lean, you have time to clean" 😂. It can be applied to reading also. If you spend 7 hours scrolling mindlessly on your phone watching tiktok you HAVE time for other stuff 🤷🏻.

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Haha I LOVE The Big Bang Theory. Great show 👀 Indeed, 100% agree.

[@LuneFlaneuse]

If focusing is an issue, I put a timer on and read my book :)

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@LuneFlaneuse I sometimes do that too! 🫢

[@literarylayer]

It’s difficult fit me to focus on tv and movies as well. I usually fall asleep in the movie theater. What name do you publish under and do you have any books out now?

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@literarylayer I have published five books, but they are written in my own language. My first novel in English will be published this October (The Painter's Muse - Emmelie Arents). I will make sure to post a video about it once it can be preordered. 🤎

[@literarylayer]

@@ProseAndPetticoats Nice 🩷 I’ll keep an eye out for it

[@SheanaJo]

❤

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Thanks for watching!

[@melissaaugust7016]

do you listen to audio books?

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

When I have migraine I often listen to an audiobook. I like to use them to see if I would like a certain book. If yes, I purchase it. 🥰

[@ReadtoFilth]

Yeah I’m trying to read more but I also have a 9 to 5 and playing video games haha

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Haha, I hope you will be able to find the perfect balance 🤎

[@DeadNetCord]

What other hobbies do you have if I may ask?

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Musician (piano and singing, I'm in a band), making clothes, writing books, journaling, and making KZbin videos! ;)

[@DeadNetCord]

@@ProseAndPetticoats Wow, so interesting and so diverse! I wish I could play piano. As for the video, I lost my routine of reading every day while staying in the hospital. Now trying to get back into the rhythm (struggled to read in the bus today though) and I'm at page 160 of Middlemarch.

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

How does she read so much? Answer: doesnt watch much movies/television.