just wait and see

I have been trying to read a lot more, as a child I was pretty keen on books but towards the end of high school this quickly stopped. I had an awful English teacher who recommended I drop out of school and needless to say I didn’t have the urge to read anymore.

Shortly after starting university I regained this passion and have over the last 6 months been pumping out a couple books a week. These are on a huge range of topics and it really doesn’t bother me as long as I learn new stuff then I bought a kindle and this contributed further to my reading(The free books are easily worth the cost of the ebook reader).

I also try to read more blogs and news sites to keep up to date.

One thing I am trying to learn to do more effectively is speed read, I haven’t looked at it in too much detail but whenever an author starts talking about something that doesn’t interest me I trace the whole line in like a second. The eye and brain are pretty good at picking up the gist of what is going on and once a topic becomes interesting again I slow down.

After reading a couple biographies (Malcolm X, George Soro) you begin to realise that many successful people read a ridiculous amount. This evidence further adds to the value of reading.

Normally I read non-fiction stuff but I have been told novels are really important also, I am not too good at the whole using one thing to symbolise another but I feel I should try to.

The only problem I find is that to cement the ideas within a book you should try implement it into your everyday life, something I am not too good at yet.

After exams I plan on reading the more difficult books (couldn’t get very far into dante’s inferno) by using study guides, maybe I’ll read Aristotle, Plato and such.