Here I am, a few years later...and here's where I'm at:
- Currently reading In Defense of Food, page 160 of 201
- The White Man's Burden, I'm about half way through...partially lost interest, partially found more exciting things to read (it's a little dense for me, but I plan on finishing it up soon-ish)
- Half the Sky, about two-thirds of the way through--great read, and probably would've finished it by now if I hadn't gotten distracted by the first book on this list.
Not to mention all the books I already have a list of that I want to read next:
- Letters from Burma was a Christmas present from my brother in law and his wife, and I'm really looking forward to that
- The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
- Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer (not sure I can actually make my way through this one, but I want to try)
- Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders
- Poor Economics
- Armed Humanitarians: the Rise of the Nation Builders
- Stranger Things Happen (short stories)
- Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding--and How we Can Improve the World Even More
So much to read, so little time.
Which brings me to something I've been thinking about quite a bit lately--and of which I'd like to write a longer blog someday, but that hasn't happened yet so here's the short and sweet of it all. What do I want to be when I grow up? Honestly? I want to get paid to research and write (um, not sure blogging is "writing" per se...) about things I'm interested in (I have a never ending list of things I want to write about on this blog, but some are subjects I actually want to research and write something half intelligently about, alas the time is seriously lacking), and I want to get paid to do the kind of volunteer work I really enjoy doing, ranging from hands on stuff like going to Mexico and building houses, to more office/admin/legal stuff like helping non profits get incorporated, grant-writing, fundraising, etc. I just need to figure out how I can get paid to do those things :)
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