Quick! It’s an emergency! You just got an urgent call about a family emergency and had to rush to the airport with barely time to grab your wallet and your passport. But now, you’re stuck at the airport with nothing to read. What do you do??
And, no, you did NOT have time to grab your bookbag, or the book next to your bed. You were . . . grocery shopping when you got the call and have nothing with you but your wallet and your passport (which you fortuitously brought with you in case they asked for ID in the ethnic food aisle). This is hypothetical, remember….
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99% of the time I have a book with me wherever I go. I’ve been stuck too many places with nothing to read so I always carry a book with me now. However, one book is never enough! So…I would buy additional books at the airport.
Almost every airport has bookstores. Even if the airport doesn’t have an actual bookstore they have small stores selling snacks. Those stores have at least a few books and magazines–I would find something! I’m sure I would buy a variety of things to read because reading is part of my comfort system in times of stress.
What about you? Would you find something to read? What do you do during a stressful time?
Yes, reading is a great way to reduce stress and I’m always stressed on an airplane. And like you, I’d never be caught without at least one book with me, no matter what!
I would have to buy something as well.
Yeah, I think those of us who read need to keep reading material near us!