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 download is a .zip archive containing two versions of the PDF, one high-resolution version (50 MB) and one medium-resolution version (9 MB). Both versions are copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, and are able to be distributed freely in educational contexts.