[edanm]

You know, I misread your opening sentence at first and thought you said you are proud of this.

And I gotta say, I've considered a few times lowering my "target" books read per year, to make more time for studying, reading articles, etc. And I totally thought that's what you were doing since you mentioned reading papers, research etc. And I was super proud on your behalf for doing that.

So anyway, just popping in to say that maybe there's a bright side to lowering your goal.

[mindcrime]

Yeah, no doubt. I mean, don't get me wrong: I'm proud of the work I've done this year in total. I'm just not pointedly proud of having to say "I've only read 7 books this year", especially in light of my traditional norms in that regard.