It's surprisingly effective! I originally started so I could make myself work through a big pile of magazines that I wanted to read but which I... somehow never got around to reading....
When I got through the magazine stash, I realized I'd been really enjoying spending those 10 minutes a day sitting quietly and acquiring knowledge in a low-pressure way. Rather than, you know, spending 10 minutes pointlessly refreshing the internet and reading rubbish. So I started applying it to the many unread books I have which don't fit on my bookshelves.
Now, I usually read while I'm eating lunch, which generally takes a bit longer than 10 minutes, and stop when I reach a convenient point like a section break. And because I read pretty much every day, I generally don't lose the thread of what I'm reading, even though I'm only reading a few pages at a time.
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Date: 2017-10-26 01:09 pm (UTC)When I got through the magazine stash, I realized I'd been really enjoying spending those 10 minutes a day sitting quietly and acquiring knowledge in a low-pressure way. Rather than, you know, spending 10 minutes pointlessly refreshing the internet and reading rubbish. So I started applying it to the many unread books I have which don't fit on my bookshelves.
Now, I usually read while I'm eating lunch, which generally takes a bit longer than 10 minutes, and stop when I reach a convenient point like a section break. And because I read pretty much every day, I generally don't lose the thread of what I'm reading, even though I'm only reading a few pages at a time.