Looking at the stack of books piled up on the study shelf, I am left to wonder, gosh! How much of the things I have read do I ACTUALLY remember?
Curbing the existential anxiety,
I guess the best way to remember what you have read is to show a keen interest in what you are reading. In the moment, how in tune are you with the words that you gleen over. Is the author making sense? Are you able to connect with the printed ink? Are you circling around some lines more often trying to relate it with previous readings
Otherwise, why read that stuff in the first place.
The above line is both a lesson in rigid thinking and hyper-practical.
I am a habitual reader and a habitual forgetter.
Forgetting things all the time gives me used to give me a sour sense of remorse.
And then one day, over a conversation with a friend, he suggests, why don't you instead think of it as "You learn something new every time, every day". he then goes to add, "Fine! You may not remember every name, every date, but you still capture the essence, don't you?"
So I thought about, I pondered over it, did a Sitsha-asana to it and after a while, I started feeling good.
It's a great suggestion providing me with a much-needed change of perspective.
These days when I read something, I try to build a hypothesis around what I am reading.
It helps.
Suddenly, I find myself recollect more stuff, useful stuff than before.
During conversations in normal life, I am able to connect the dots per se and share in my perspective confidently.
Curbing the existential anxiety,
I guess the best way to remember what you have read is to show a keen interest in what you are reading. In the moment, how in tune are you with the words that you gleen over. Is the author making sense? Are you able to connect with the printed ink? Are you circling around some lines more often trying to relate it with previous readings
Otherwise, why read that stuff in the first place.
The above line is both a lesson in rigid thinking and hyper-practical.
I am a habitual reader and a habitual forgetter.
Forgetting things all the time gives me used to give me a sour sense of remorse.
And then one day, over a conversation with a friend, he suggests, why don't you instead think of it as "You learn something new every time, every day". he then goes to add, "Fine! You may not remember every name, every date, but you still capture the essence, don't you?"
So I thought about, I pondered over it, did a Sitsha-asana to it and after a while, I started feeling good.
It's a great suggestion providing me with a much-needed change of perspective.
These days when I read something, I try to build a hypothesis around what I am reading.
It helps.
Suddenly, I find myself recollect more stuff, useful stuff than before.
During conversations in normal life, I am able to connect the dots per se and share in my perspective confidently.
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