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by somberi
1252 days ago
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I am 50. I was telling my wife last week, the thing I miss the most about being young(er) is the ability to sit in a corner and be lost in the pages of a book - really entrenched. Now, it is hard. I am constantly writing my comments at the end of each page, and pausing to re-read a line. One thing that helps is to read important content right after working our or meditating, when the mind is at it's most focused. I live close to a park and a river, and leaving my phone behind and reading at either of these places, brings that boy in me back now and then. I also keep a small notepad where I mark down all the distractions that assume fake urgency, and I get back to reading. However it is not all negative though. I am able to make sense of what I read in a _different_ way than I did when I was in my 20s. I am able question what I read, toss it around, swirl it in my mind more and reflect on what I read. Years ago, what would have appeared as a stand-alone fountain of new knowledge, now gets bunched to an vestibule of other knowledge I have accumulated over years about a field I am reading about. I learn more by contrasting with what I know, than de novo. All the best. |
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