{"id":3297,"date":"2019-02-27T01:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2019-02-26T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T16:29:38","slug":"no-such-thing-as-a-guilty-pleasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/no-such-thing-as-a-guilty-pleasure\/","title":{"rendered":"No Such Thing As a Guilty Pleasure!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It doesn’t have to be a guilty pleasure. It can just be pleasurable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There should be no guilt attached to the things we choose to enjoy. I don’t know about you, but I need things like books and cupcakes and new shoes to balance groceries, laundry, work, and worrying about my kids. We’ve had more extreme cold warnings this winter then I can remember and the coldest temperatures in 80 years. Our daughter-in-law brought over cinnamon buns last weekend. I ate two. I’m not sorry. I enjoyed every delicious bite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, books! Reading is a pleasure for me, as it is for a lot of people. We should be allowed to read anything we wish. We shouldn’t have to apologize for our reading choices. We shouldn’t be made to feel like we have to publicly reject the books we enjoy in private. The literary police can take a hike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books should be accessible, and in most instances they are. They are found in libraries, schools, bookstores, online, and a variety of other places. We can read paper books or ebooks. We can listen to audiobooks. We can stick to one type of book or enjoy a variety of stories. We can read memoirs or cookbooks, or DIY manuals. Newspapers. Periodicals. Magazines. But what we want to read must be available to us. The offerings must be there so we can pick and choose. No one has the right to restrict the access of books to others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Top Five Guilt-Free Pleasures!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n