Bookshelf

Shelf

I used to pretty much spend all my time with books as a kid. Now, it’s scheduled into my bedtime. I think a lot about what I would do if I could freeze time. Probably read more. Something funny about how I’m closest to my childhood reading rates during a pandemic.

Stacks

I learn and understand by reading a ‘constellation’ of content around a certain subject. Some friends have also asked for starter packs into my favorite reads. Hard to recommend generally, but some imperfect lists worth reading:

Learning

• Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman
• Deep Work/Digital Minimalism/How to be a High School Superstar
• There’s No Speed Limit
• The Organization Kid
• The Power of Habit, then Atomic Habits
• Optionality

Life

semesterly crisis rereads

• This is Water
• The Little Prince

Urban Planning

• The Death and Life of Great American Cities
• Invisible Cities
• Walkable City
• Evicted

How to Read

1. read what interests you or you won’t read at all. maybe obvious but people get wrapped up in book fomo
2. kindle paperwhite. airplane mode.
3. nonfiction books can be read out of order. choose chapters that interest you. some books are fluffy/boring/bad, you don’t have finish them.
4. recency bias. old books are underrated!
5. I built a browser extension to remove the feed off all my socials. Realized my attention was being hijacked whenever I went to reply to a message or search for something.