Today's question comes from loyal reader and avid blogger Christy Nelson from Lincoln, Neb.
Question: Are you able to really take the time to ponder what you've just read or do you feel like you have to move on to the next book quickly in order to reach your goal?
That's a great question and one that I ask myself all of the time. I often wish that I had more time to ponder what I have read in certain books. The pace is very strenuous and I have to move to the next book quickly but, I have learned so much and I have become a better person through doing this. There have been many things that I have incorporated into my life like how to how help my brain let things that are bugging me go (I learned this from 'The Open Focus Brain'). I learned the power of analogies and metaphors and started to use them with my students (from a book by Rick Wormeli called 'Metaphors and Analogies').
One night when I was in an emotional funk I read 'The Big Moo' by Seth Godin and it really got me out of a bad place emotially and into a great place. I've learned how to present my ideas better, how to get more energy, how to teach reading, and how to bring my creativity out.
I have come to love fiction books over the past six weeks as well more than ever. I just read one book the other day and it was crazy to sit down and three hours later finish a 264-page book. Before this year I would have never thought I could do that. I've learned that we are capable of a lot more than we think. Actually I have learned so much and grown so much and that is what really drives me to keep going.
Next year I don't think that I will read so many books. I think that I will read maybe just a hundred books (editor's note: wimp!) and take time to ponder them more. I think that I will go back and reread some of my favorites from this year as well. I guess I look at it like this: I may have learned more from individual books if I took more time to read each one but, on the other hand I have learned a ton about a lot of different topics. In the world of food my experience can be compared to an all you can eat buffet which in this case results in binge literacy.
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