Chapter 15 over and book Finish ! Oops but i hardly remember chapter one . Have you felt the same, ever ?

I was reading so many books but hardly remembered anything from them . Infact at one point in my life, I was collecting every recommended book by anyone and just feeling good about the quick read accomplished. 

Few months ago when I realised that the pile of books had exceeded my shelf space , my loft space and had started to encroach upon my bedside space which I like to be clearer and emptier , I kind of got lit or to say enlightened. Haha !

After ‘difficultly’ deciding , with a heavy heart , not to buy any more books for the time being , I started to reread my books . Thus started my journey again but differently. So what was the new strategy ?

This time I read slower than before . I read only 10 to 20 pages a day so that I could remember and process what I read. At times I made notes in a notebook . Sometimes stuck sticky notes in the book itself and at times scribbled in the margin space itself as if I were making notes in school. I love underlining important bits more than highlighting , so did that . Soon after a few chapters I realised I could remember the story so far , process the learnings so far and thus enjoyed the remaining pages more .

Thus started the learning journey again. At times I enjoyed reading two books at a time meaning a few pages from one book in the morning while a few from another in the evening. It took me back to school days when I had to appear for three tests on the next day . I studied three different subjects in a day and scored well almost every time .

Now I love to share my books with my near and dear ones so I have stopped scribbling and the sticky notes bit ,though the underlining still prevails in most of the books.

These ways have twisted around my reading game . You may explore different other ways than mine and get on to this amazing world of reading. What is important is the take aways or the learnings and atleast remembering to apply a few in practise . Well I forgot to mention my genre is the self help, self development books and thus is this above note to you .

Few of my recent likes are Zero Limits, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Keep Moving and E Cubed.

As all of my blogs have affirmations related to the topic , this ones going to have some too. I love affirmations . I read ,write and listen to them every single day .

My affirmations for reading:

“I easily make time to read everyday.

I love to read.

I easily remember what I read. “