Thursday, March 18, 2010

Finding time to read

One of the top questions Rachel is asked about her quest (besides if she's lost her mind) is how she finds time to read so many books. These are some of her methods:
  • Reading while watching TV. This is in direct conflict with AJ Jacobs experiment in 'The Guinea Pig Diaries' where he starts unitasking (in place of multitasking)
  • Read at work during breaks
  • Always have a book handy in case time becomes available
  • Read shorter books like collections of poems or essays. (Rachel is not counting short children's books during her quest.)
  • Make reading a social occasion -- do it with others
  • Read for 20 minutes before going to bed
  • Read while excercising (be careful)

Though Rachel doesn't technically speed read, all of this reading has made her much faster. She reads more than one word at a time, and skims uninteresting paragraphs. She doesn't skip parts of books, but if she's uninterested in the book, she'll put it down a book quickly if she doesn't like it. There are too many good books to read really bad ones.

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