I took a short break from writing due to some family matters, which have left me feeling incomplete. These days, I’m trying to come back and build those broken habits once again.
Although I didn’t write much, I somehow had a lot of spare time for reading; 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there. It’s too short for writing but perfect for reading a few articles and books. Thanks to it, I caught up with the majority of the online articles I wanted to read, which were waiting on my endless reading list.
During reading, I realized one thing I had tried to avoid: focusing on reading a lot of things.
On my “About” page on my blog, there is a sentence I wrote: “I don’t care how many books I read.” This statement dilutes the importance of reading a lot and portrays reading well as a remedy.
Reading a lot and reading well are both crucial elements of life. Reading a lot is a discovery; reading well is a settlement. Without discovering, one never knows where to settle. Once settled, wanderlust kicks in after a while, and one seeks to discover. It’s a constant tension.
I’ve never stopped reading a lot of things. However, I slowed down discovery. These days, my wanderlust for reading new things is urging me to accumulate yet-another-reading-pile. This time, I’m not fighting back; I’m recovering my equilibrium.
Meanwhile, during this break, here are the three things I’ve read, from good to great.
Good to Great
- Good: Books are my main learning material. Andy challenges the approach of existing non-fiction books to learning. Something to think about… (I love Andy’s writing by the way)
- Better: I re-read this. It’s on friendship, parents, and you. Read it and think about it.
- Great: Somehow, I overlooked this community. It’s the community and the content I’ve been scouring for years. I’m reading non-stop for days.
Recently, I thought/wrote about
- I really, really, really can’t worry about the whole world. It’s not about becoming numb; it’s rather about staying sane. I wrote about it.
- The majority root cause of incidents in general is “people choosing the easy way,” as Lorin says. I wrote a short one about it.
- I mentioned this concept to my boss a few weeks back, and since then, we’ve been referring to it in our conversations. So, I wrote a short one about it.
P.S. As I’m in discovery mode these days, add a comment and send me what you’ve found interesting lately.
Preview: