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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.