Why yes! It’s so true. Just like at the grocery store. This comes to you from the Witcha Public Library via Open Culture. Librarys are known for books but provide so much more especially children activities. Open Culture is lesser-known. It’s a linkfest of free, as in beer, links to higher education and more.
Learning From Others
Reading
Quick Poll:
How many books did you read in the last month? How many books did you read in the last year?
Let me know via any channel you have.
Ryan Holiday seems to read a lot. He writes about it, including the blocks to doing so, in How to Read More — A Lot More. But the fun quote, for a slow reader like me, is his statement “Even though I read hundreds of books every single year, I actually read quite slow. In fact, I read deliberately slow…”.
He has a kinda secret. You can find it if you are interested.
If I had to steal books to support my reading habit, I would.
Ryan Holiday in How to Read More — A Lot More
~ Ryan Holiday
It Needs To Exist
I just need to remember this. All the time. Before I plan the end state. Before I don’t do something because it isn’t what I’m after. First, it has to exist. So you can improve it.
See Austin Kleon’s First Drafts for more details.
Books May to July
This is a list of what I read from May through July. It seems to be pretty light reading. Well, to my eyes. What about you?
- The Thirteen Clocks, James Thurber
- Turtles All The Way Down, John Green
- Keep Going, Austin Kleon
- Review of Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon
- 3×4, Ivan Brunetti
- Wordplay, Ivan Brunetti
- Show Your Work, Austin Kleon
- Queen of a Rainy Country, Linda Pastan (incomplete reading)
I’m currently reading Soft Hearted Stories, from Jenny Forrestor and Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle.