I get a little annoyed when I reflect upon the continual decline of my reading habits over the years. It’s been a graceful slope over the last 10 years, but these days I find my readings to be almost entirely online and of a more informal, current nature. Novels are entirely gone, and technical books dropped off a couple years ago. I can’t keep up with my Economist subscription, either.
While online reading (blogs, news sites, articles) is not without merit, I do feel that I lack the level of measured, focused style that only comes when an authour expends a considerable amount of time crafting a book. To resurrect a healthy habit, I’m going to try committing to reading one book per month! The book might be a novel, or it might be a technical book, or it might be a self-help book; as long as it’s a book.
I’ll use my Twitter status (displayed on the right sidebar of this blog) to note what I’m currently reading. This serves 3 purposes: 1) to share what I’m reading with my friends, 2) motivation of a public commitment, 3) track which books I’ve read.
I hope this works!
