How A Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed
I don't know if it's cheating but I've read this book once before. In my defense (and perhaps ironically), I devoured it the first time that I read it. This time around, I only read it on the bus to and from work and, as I only work two evenings a week, it was a leisurely read to say the least.
It worked. I've always galloped through books and, I'll admit, I miss some details BUT it does allow me to revisit books because there are always new things to be discovered. This felt much different and, dare I say it, better (I whispered that last part). I actually found myself thinking about the book between readings, pondering even. I had time to look at my own life and spot the places that my speedy priorities were a little out of whack. I think that it was a lesson that I needed to learn because, while I finished the book with the same list of good intentions, I've had a much easier time hanging on to them. It feels like they've sunk in a little deeper this time and I'm inclined to believe that it was the prolonged reading and not the fact that it was a repeat.
Actually, this was the book that convinced me to throw into this One Hour thing a little more whole-heartedly. I used to get so much pleasure from reading and, over the years, have pared it down to nothing but non-fiction, usually educational (or at least informative) books. I'm looking forward to the rest of it.
I don't know if it's cheating but I've read this book once before. In my defense (and perhaps ironically), I devoured it the first time that I read it. This time around, I only read it on the bus to and from work and, as I only work two evenings a week, it was a leisurely read to say the least. It worked. I've always galloped through books and, I'll admit, I miss some details BUT it does allow me to revisit books because there are always new things to be discovered. This felt much different and, dare I say it, better (I whispered that last part). I actually found myself thinking about the book between readings, pondering even. I had time to look at my own life and spot the places that my speedy priorities were a little out of whack. I think that it was a lesson that I needed to learn because, while I finished the book with the same list of good intentions, I've had a much easier time hanging on to them. It feels like they've sunk in a little deeper this time and I'm inclined to believe that it was the prolonged reading and not the fact that it was a repeat.
Actually, this was the book that convinced me to throw into this One Hour thing a little more whole-heartedly. I used to get so much pleasure from reading and, over the years, have pared it down to nothing but non-fiction, usually educational (or at least informative) books. I'm looking forward to the rest of it.
