I have a bookstagram account (I barely post these days because working full time makes it so hard to keep up) but over the years I would see so many people who read like 200+ books a year and I just do not understand how people are happy living like that. Like there is not enough time to actually take in what you're reading if you're working and reading that many books a year, and it seems like people are doing it just to say look at me i read a lot vs actually absorbing and enjoying what they're reading. And that's just fiction, no where near the same issue when it comes to how people are reading the news.
Isn't it ironic how we're literally taught to skim texts in school? Like, that's the exact method my history teacher is using: "if you don't have time to read your homework, just skim it. That's what you'll be doing in university."
So sorry people have been treating you badly Luce :( It's not on your shoulders to resolve global conflict, we're all doing the best we can
I have a bookstagram account (I barely post these days because working full time makes it so hard to keep up) but over the years I would see so many people who read like 200+ books a year and I just do not understand how people are happy living like that. Like there is not enough time to actually take in what you're reading if you're working and reading that many books a year, and it seems like people are doing it just to say look at me i read a lot vs actually absorbing and enjoying what they're reading. And that's just fiction, no where near the same issue when it comes to how people are reading the news.
Obrigada, Luce 💚
Thank you so much for the feature, I'm a huge fan. Glad to hear that it resonated.
Isn't it ironic how we're literally taught to skim texts in school? Like, that's the exact method my history teacher is using: "if you don't have time to read your homework, just skim it. That's what you'll be doing in university."
The way I started “reading” the reading deeply piece and skimmed right up to the quote about skimming and was immediately humbled