One divergence from your advice is that I’m a big fan of reading on my Kindle. It’s lightweight, I don’t have to fuss with flipping pages, and it allows me to take notes and highlights with the knowledge they’ll all eventually sync up with the cloud for easy access. It estimates how much longer the book or current chapter will take me, based on my reading speed. And it’s a dumb enough device that there’s no chance of notifications or the Internet distracting me. Especially while traveling, it’s my favorite way to read.
Seems great! I'll put this on the list of things to add to a revision I'll make in about a week or so. It'll be under a new section called something like "Things to try"
My favorite paragraph: "But when people later report their reading success or failure, their own habits are invisible to them (“I read but didn’t get very far.” No: you did not read, I saw you.) This is terrible, because they blame their correctly perceived failure to read on some innate deficiency, rather than execrable, correctable habit. "
Great read. Thank you for articulating this so well!
Love this!
One divergence from your advice is that I’m a big fan of reading on my Kindle. It’s lightweight, I don’t have to fuss with flipping pages, and it allows me to take notes and highlights with the knowledge they’ll all eventually sync up with the cloud for easy access. It estimates how much longer the book or current chapter will take me, based on my reading speed. And it’s a dumb enough device that there’s no chance of notifications or the Internet distracting me. Especially while traveling, it’s my favorite way to read.
Anyway, thanks for the pointers!
Seems great! I'll put this on the list of things to add to a revision I'll make in about a week or so. It'll be under a new section called something like "Things to try"
My favorite paragraph: "But when people later report their reading success or failure, their own habits are invisible to them (“I read but didn’t get very far.” No: you did not read, I saw you.) This is terrible, because they blame their correctly perceived failure to read on some innate deficiency, rather than execrable, correctable habit. "
I appreciate the bluntness