[HPforGrownups] Worth it???

[Rebecca Scalf]

No: HPFGUIDX 153538

 wynnleaf wrote:

> I have a pretty high-stress life.  Before getting
> into HP fandom, I spent 
> most nights waking up with a mental rolidex of
> "important things to 
> remember" going over and over in my head.  HP gives
> me a relaxing, 
> low-stress, interesting topic to relax with.  But
> because it's also very, 
> very intriguing, it holds my attention and keeps it
> away from that 
> high-stress real life stuff -- much more than my
> other interests such as 
> history, or gardening, or music.   In that sense,
> spending a lot of 
> attention on HP *is* worth it.


Witherwing: 

I completely identify with this. I have stacks of
reading, for professional development, recommendations
from friends, etc., but sometimes I tiptoe to my
daughters' room where we keep the HP books, and pull
down my favorites. I find rereading HP books like
visiting old friends, or taking a relaxing vacation,
or sneaking an extra cookie from the cookie jar. 

I could say I read them because I'm a mom, or because
I'm a teacher, but the truth is I just enjoy it.
Immensely.

And isn't it like listening to your favorite CD over
and over again? 

Worth it. 

Witherwing