[Reading] How to avoid tireness?

The day before yesterday I joint a party and ate a lot. I had no time and interest to read any verse of the novels. I slept easily and woke at 3pm the next day. My mind was like in mud. I could not think clearly. This directly affected the reading during last night. I was pretty sleepy and yawned a lot. It became almost impossible to continue any concentrated reading. I rest my mind by diverging to do other simple tasks. However I did not really avoid the inactiveness of mind. Finally I simply went to bed and slept without any intellectual conscience.

This morning I got up relatively early. It was 11AM. It is the earliest one I did recently. I watched Larry King live and The Planet in Peril on CNN. I called my parents and skyped my wife.

Then I sat quietly and started my reading. It was still James Joyce's novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. I was terribly sleepy and seemed tired. This part was specially boring for me, which had no chance to stir up any interest. I even started to doubt the skill of James Joyce. But I know it is the critical moment to accomplish something. It is the turning point. It must be very rewarding if I can properly act under such kind of situation. I was continuously yawning and sleepy and tired. All the sleepiness was radiated from my stomach.

After about half an hour I got recovered as from a waking dream. I again had a clear mind and fresh air. I again can perceive the beauty in the novel, which is surprisingly became intriguing. I did not know whether the novel itself became interesting or I became intellectual.


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Today's Larry Kind live was about Stephen Colbert, a very popular American comedian.
One impressive story he told is that great skills can only be mastered through failure. Another strong feeling after watching this interview is that it is a good chance to learn English via watching comedies.