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i'll hear people say they're an "inveterate reader" or some such thing and what that often means is they own a bunch of big, decorative tomes
unfortunately, these people -- sometimes blessed with the bodies of heavy readers rather than heavy lifters -- usually wind up in academic-ish circles with me and need help moving, a terrifying proposition after 40-50 moves myself
i don't mind writing and reading -- i've monetized the former and the latter lets me process information for work or leisure in a speedy manner -- but people who prefer other means of information sharing and collecting shouldn't be shamed
reading is a chore, even if it's to study (steal) the style of "beautiful sentences" that "inveterate readers" want to see in stories sold for $$$. and it's fine, i do it quickly, and i quickly post every single finished book review on goodreads. but this is just work
if you're better served getting your info from youtube or podcasts played at 2x or 3x, that's fine too. whatever works. gather the info in the format that works best for retention and application. learning in the field is helpful, too...that stuff really sticks
were i 5-10 years old today, i might eschew typing for vlogs, fragments of text, images, emojis, whatever works. i type only because i was trained, trained in clerical skills classes on old typewriters, and 100-125 wpm is nothing. speed like that makes a lot of my work ez
"oh, you have to read this, it's ESSENTIAL." nope. not unless it's for work, because reading, like almost everything else, is work. work is the default state. laboring towards some objective, even running the table on a video game, is what people are hard wired to do.
"books of the year?" i'd only tally those up if you were paying me. i read what i need to read. audel's hvac fundamentals, NEC wiring codes, the CFR, the IRC, some disgusting manga, old pro wrestler autobiographies. those earn me money.
my leisure is resting. i like to rest. just rest.
i also don't like exalting some writers over others. anyone who is writing, by which i mean working (even for no $), gets my respect. writing is work. i may happen to read some of it instead of all of it, but there's only so much time in the day.
it has always pained me to hear people lavishing praise on this ONE ESSENTIAL BOOK OR TAKE FOR RIGHT NOW when there's so much elsewhere, so much other work that has been done. but focusing people's attention on this one essential thing, the marketing part of it, is also work.
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