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Upcoming Week's Goal: What Is My Preferred Reading Method?
This week I'm going to better my reading skills with the help of a little experiment I set up inside Notion and these four nonfiction books:
Book Experiment
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A little background, at the start of 2020 I set a goal to read 100 books by the end of the year. I've read 3 ... and it's May, which is alarming, but that isn't really why I'm doing this. In 2018 I set a similar goal of 75 books and actually achieved it. I'm not worried that I can't read a lot of books. I'm worried more so that I'm not retaining the information in any way whatsoever.
For example, I readĀ The Summer of 1787Ā at the end of last year I believe, or maybe January. I read it and I enjoyed it. I know this because I wrote publically how much I enjoyed it. But ... um ... I don't remember a single word. I even skimmed through to jog my memory... nothing. Now, a book about the creation of the American constitution isn't new information, generally. I mostly found it really insightful and drew a lot of parallels to the situation and mess America is in now.
When I go to read it again for this experiment, I'm going to start jotting these insights down and give myself a little test after each reading session to assess my focus, enthusiam and comprehension.
The Methods
- Shoe Dog:: Insight Collecting ā Read the book at my own pace with no designated breaks but with sole intention of recording insightful or interesting passages I want to read up on further. Assess after every chapter.
- The Summer of 1787:: Pomodoro (25 min, 5 min break). No notes. Assess after every session.
- The Return of Depression Economics:: Active summarizing ā summarize (1-3 sentences) after ever chapter. No notes. Assess after every chapter.
- Yuwipi:: Intense critical (or active) reading. Lots of notes. Asses after every chapter.
Results I want to find
I don't necessarily want to find theĀ perfectĀ reading method. I merely want to know which one I enjoy most and which one I retain the most from. One reading method can never be used for every type of book. This experiment may let me know whatĀ typesĀ of nonfiction I should focus my reading list on for the rest of the year. Yes, I still want to hit 100 books. Wish me luck.
Published This Week
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My Mood Last Week
I'm planning to track my mood through the entire year in order to better understand what is making my poor days poor and what I need to do to fix them - hence, the "cause" property.
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I would classify this week as HAPPY.
- BEST DAY: Wednesday, May 20th
- WORST DAY: Sunday, May 24th
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