Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

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.