Iā€™ve always been a sporadic reader. Iā€™ve tried to improve that lately and something that has helped is just carrying a book/e-reader everywhere. Iā€™m not always nose-in-book, but it has helped bit by bit.
Apr 17, 2024

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Start small. I got back into reading this year by reading a lot of novellas and short story collections. No more than 200 pages long. It really felt like I was having to rewire my brain because Iā€™d been out of practice with reading. Find a book that intrigues you (if you want to read graphic novels read graphic novels! youā€™ll get to your friendā€™s recs in time) and carry it with you everywhere you go. Then (and I know this sounds ridiculous) you just have to actively choose to read the book. I have to be like ā€œok weā€™re putting the phone away now and we are going to read 10 pagesā€ sometimes I read more and sometimes I hit my quota and ditch the book for the day. I made a goodreads and you can set a reading goal challenge (which Iā€™m now behind on) and thatā€™s kinda fun.
Oct 20, 2024
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not an avid reader (~3-4 books / year, trying to get that number up) but the things that have really invigorated my reading when it feels like a chore to get started: - reading books that arenā€™t challenging to start off. all about love and the will to change by bell hooks were the first books i was able to successfully finish in like, years bc her writing style is very colloquial despite the subject matter being very dense. similarly, finding a fun fantasy book (or other genre fiction) to get back in the practice of turning pages and ā€œwanting to find out what comes nextā€ is gonna be paramount to being able to do that for books that are gonna require a little more give from you down the line (havenā€™t read a physical book in over six months so personally going to start legends and lattes soon to try and trick my brain into not thinking books are time-consuming and scary) - audiobooks; for me at least reading requires too much visual processing + ā€œsitting stillā€ time that i canā€™t multi-task and read, so i have to schedule when iā€™m gonna try and do it (unlike tv where you can have it on in the background as you do dishes or working from home or something and can look up periodically) - taking a chunk of podcast + music time and replacing it with audiobooks has been a game changer bc i now read at the gym, at the office, and in transit <30 min long bc i have to track what station iā€™m at or see where iā€™m going
Mar 28, 2024
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reading is a habit of building and developing your empathy and critical thinking skills. youā€™re forced to sit with an idea for however long you are reading it and forced to contextualise it and comprehend it within your own life and perspective. You canā€™t just scroll away or pause or put it on 2x speed. you have to sit with it. itā€™s super underrated, but genuinely Iā€™ve made this a habit for the last year and feel like a totally different person. also you come out of it having learned something new or seeing the world in a slightly new way. I literally do not see any downsides to reading. make reading cool again! also you donā€™t have to do it in one big block, you can space it out ā€” 15 mins here, 45 there ā€” whatever works for you!
Dec 9, 2024

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I donā€™t know who needs to hear this, but in most cases youā€™re gonna want to season your rice. After it cooks, put some oil/butter on that steamy starch and stir and salt it. It doesnā€™t even need to be a huge amount, but itā€™s going to improve things so much. You could even put a little vinegar in there tooā€”go crazy. Everyone is gonna be like, ā€œwow your rice tastes so goodā€ and you can know that itā€™s all because of your use of FLAVORS and SCIENCE.
Apr 19, 2024
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Like, itā€™s inherently good and sometimes itā€™s nice to dip the hot pizza into ranch. I donā€™t do it all the time, but itā€™s a fun treat. Also, tapatĆ­o is great on pizza.
Apr 23, 2024