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Booking Through Thursday: Comfort Food: 09/13/07
Okay . . . picture this (really) worst-case scenario: It's cold and raining, your boyfriend/girlfriend has just dumped you, you've just been fired, the pile of unpaid bills is sky-high, your beloved pet has recently died, and you think you're coming down with a cold. All you want to do (other than hiding under the covers) is to curl up with a good book, something warm and comforting that will make you feel better.
What do you read?
Back in 2003 when I suddenly found myself unemployed and our financial situation suddenly dire, I didn't reach for a comfort book just as I don't reach for comfort food when I'm depressed. I don't read when I'm sad. I have twenty years of reading data to prove that I don't have comfort books for times of crises.
Rather than wasting time reading to escape the situation, I prefer to roll up my sleeves and work towards improving my situation. In the case of being unemployed, it meant four months of sending out resumes, improving my website (since I'm a web designer) and interviewing for jobs.
Now in times of minor crises where I'm basically stuck waiting for things to sort themselves out (like when my daughter was hospitalized for jaundice), I turn to adventure stories for distraction. While Harriet was hospitalized and I had to stay there with her (to nurse her every three hours) I read through Inca Gold by Clive Cussler.