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My Reading Habit

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For years, starting with my studies in 2018, I have cultivated a rarely broken habit of reading every single evening. Even when I come back at 3 in the night, I read a few verses in the bible before going to sleep. On other days I go to bed at 21, and then read for 2 hours in three different books, an academic english one like "Thinking, Fast and Slow", a lighter one in my native tongue or some magazine and then some fiction before finally going to sleep. Thanks to this habit, I get through a few books each month.

I used to be one to always read books fully, but as my reading list grew I realized there are too many good books. So rather than bringing my books along on journeys, I now ask my host for recommendations whenever I stay somewhere as guest, because everybody has something interesting to read at home. This way I have picked up multiple great reads and learned to read fast: As the book is only available throughout the stay, I usually have no more than a few hours to distill the essence and evaluate whether to acquire the book for myself. So I read the cover texts, the table of contents and then either start at the beginning and see where I land, or scroll through the pages until something catches my eye.


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