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How To Discover Yourself Through Reading Fiction
How To Discover Yourself Through Reading Fiction

Non-fiction books teach us about the world. Fiction books teach us about ourselves. In this post I write about how you can use reading not only as entertainment, but as a way to deepen the most important relationship you have; the one with yourself.

Book Hangover: Where The Crawdad’s Sing
Book Hangover: Where The Crawdad’s Sing

I loved Where The Crawdad’s Sing so much, that I read it all in one day and then was promptly bombarded with book hangover symptoms.

According to Epic Reads, a book hangover is defined as a “condition in which attachment to a book or series that has ended causes the reader traumatic emotional distress. It usually lasts for one to two weeks, or until a new book of higher-than-average quality enters the reader's life.”

The Importance of Science Fiction
The Importance of Science Fiction

What I hope to gain from reading Science Fiction, is a stronger invention muscle. Is this a thing?

Finding creative solutions is key to living a good life.

Reading is Hard Work.
Reading is Hard Work.

Sometimes it can be a leisurely activity, but I always find my self underlining, copying passages into my commonplace book, and annotating pages.

This is because I read to become. To become more educated, cultured, articulate, understanding, and ultimately, I read to become a better writer.

I am not satisfied with reading an exquisite sentence once.

Reading Emerson on Earth Day
Reading Emerson on Earth Day

Creating new traditions, and sticking with them, can transform ordinary events into deeply intentional ones. On this day, National Earth Day, I decided to read Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essay "Nature" and to do so on every Earth Day moving forward.

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