Do I Read Too Much? A Response
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2024
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Can you read too much? Pondering the negative effects of online reading communities created by @spreadbookjoy
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Well said, Greg. Everytime I venture out, I always look forward to coming back to my books. 😊
You and me both!
I’m totally happy spending the day with my books and pups too. 😊💙
Dogs are great reading companions too.
My retirement habits are very similar to yours.Rather anti-social and looking for ways to avoid long drives! Squandering precious reading time on household chores!
Thanks Angelia.
I'm with you, forget the card games when you've got books and kitties at home!
“The train turns into a pumpkin at about 5:30”😂 This was lovely Greg - I am also totally happy reading all day! It definitely varies person to person. I think my biggest issue has been reading my books since being on booktube as though it is a sprint to the finish rather than a journey to savour and I want to get back to that. Totally a personal problem but just wondered if that resonated with anyone. But I’m aiming to fix it with a change of mindset. Great response! Thank you!
Definitely resonates. This year I cut down on my book challenge amount on Goodreads - fun to do but found I was racing through books to get to the total. Same with making videos about books - sometimes I find trying to race through to get a book done to make the video rather than enjoy the experience of the book.
@@Cobaltdragon I have done similar things in order to get videos completed for a specific posting date! 🫣
Sometimes BookTube offers too many possibilities. Like an enormous buffet.
@@anotherbibliophilereads exactly! I told someone earlier it was like trying to take a drink from a fire hose!
Perfect response. I’m with you on limiting the social contact 😊 I’m really very unsociable and I like being at home with my books and my husband
Thanks Debs.
¡aHa! Thanks for the mention 🎉 "True Story!" You left out the swimming pools at your lodge. That's one of my favorite forms of exercise 💦
🤦 Forgot about the pool.
Great video, Greg! I'm just the same with putzing around in my free time. I'm amazed I get any reading done at all sometimes!
I sometimes think I got more done when I had a day job because I had to focus my time very strictly.
Great response! I'm definitely a homebody person who prefers to be amongst my books rather than people 😄
There are a few of us like that here.
One day when I was in high school, I was reading on the couch and my mom said, "You read way too much" and I replied, "Well, most of the students in my school are doing drugs. Do you prefer me to have those kind of friends, or reading safely at home?" She rolled her eyes at me and walked away, but never said that again, haha!
😆 That is one way to shut down an argument.
@@anotherbibliophilereads I argued that a lot 😆 we did not live in the best areas for a long time. Do you want me to play video games and read inside or get into trouble? I won those arguments with ease 😈
@@NicolesBookishNook I had D&D to keep me out of trouble in high school. Who knows what type of juvenile delinquent I would’ve become without it.
@@anotherbibliophilereads that’s a great or too!
Barring it becoming an obsession that causes you to neglect your well-being, then I don’t think you can really read too much. I will push back on your assertion that reading is as interesting as visiting ancient archeological sites. I love reading about them, but I’ve had the great fortune to see Aztec, Mayan, Zapotec, Inca, Silustani, Roman, and Phoenician ruins around the world. It never stops being an awe-inspiring experience to see the magnificent things humanity has built.
My experiences with Tulum and Chichen Itza were vastly improved by reading histories first.
@@anotherbibliophilereads ohh sure. They can be improved by having both book knowledge and experience. But I don’t think only reading about it can capture the impression of standing at the base of huge ruins.
Really enjoyed this. Like you I am quite happy with a book, my cats and my husband is also a reader. I am the old school book in hand reader, my hubby reads on his tablet. I enjoy my time in my yard and when the weather is nice I will take my book outdoors and every now and again pause to enjoy the birds and other visitors to my yard. Hope you have a great holiday in Mexico. I read quite a bit about ancient civilizations and other countries, so I travel by book 😉😊
I have my sundeck for many wonderful hour reading or napping.
Oh, Greg, you have just described the retirement I want for myself: books, pets, my husband, long walks, a burguer with a friend and some traveling once in a while. ❤ Alas, I'm 41, in the middle of a master's degree, with a regular job and kids still at school... Please hold!
Maybe I should start a religion for book people. Thanks for watching. Most people can achieve my success with retirement with a little planning.
@@anotherbibliophilereads Aren't there at least 2 religions whose followers as called people of the book? :-)
I Love to read too. But it's not because I don't have other interests. It's because reading enriches my life. Reading gives me a greater understanding of the world and myself. Reading makes me more capable of having empathy. I think it was Angus Fletcher who called novels "empathy machines". Reading provides me greater respect and acceptance of my own humanity.
The greater question is, can one read too much? Probably. Personally, I haven't gotten there yet. Life is rich; there are many ways I want to explore it.
Great response Greg! I also prefer my wife, my dog and my books. It is also lovely walking along the coast. My only other hobbies/vices are sports and gaming, and these are two reasons why I read less then I should.
I’m sure having a coast so nearby would be distracting to me too.
I had to have surgery a few years back because I messed up the nerves in my pinky finger from holding my books open while I read, so I guess that might be reading too much? 😂
I switched to primarily ebooks now so I'm good to continue reading as much as I want until my optometrist gets pissed.
I have never heard about physical injuries from reading. Instant large print on ebooks might help with the optometrist.
Reading about a site complements seeing it very well.
Hi Greg, I love the response to Jack’s excellent video. I also don’t like to play cards. I played cards when I was a kid but it would feel like torture now 😊 aloha
Thanks Marilyn. At least there is someone out there who will not look at me like I stepped in something when I say I didn’t like card games.
Reading is one of the best things I can do. 😊
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I totally agree with you. At the moment I am 'healing' so I can say that I am under Doctors orders to rest and that translates to me as with a book in my hands !! I am really liking it!
I hope you get better soon. But you can “rest” when well too.😀
Oh I plan too !!
Hi Greg. I’m like you-reading several hours a day now that I’m retired. For me, I’m trying to find some balance. BookTube is both wonderful and overwhelming for me right now. Maybe you remember starting out on BookTube. By the way, I’m watching you this morning while I walk on the treadmill at the gym. Anyway, I always appreciate your perspective on the issues of the day. 😊
That’s a great way to watch BookTube.
100% agree with you. I read about 3 hours a day but wish I could read more. I just love reading so there is no such thing as too much. Reading is my passion.
Great to hear. So many passionate readers on BookTube.
I would like to hear you talk about books. So please keep reading! What would it be like to take the train to watch the symphony, then wander the streets of DC all night listening to some gritty urban thriller on audio, and finally catching the morning train home?
I would need to be mindful which streets I wondered. Shadowy characters with guns and knives are great in crime novels; in real life, not so much . 😮
I have occasionally considered splurging on a hotel room.
Enjoy your reading, on the train, taking a walk or at your home.
Thanks Jim.
I think if I were retired I’d probably do the same
For me it’s a balance ❤ I can only go out on Saturday for my ghost adventures. Example? Last night after going out for dinner? I told Rene I want to go home and read . ❤ I don’t socialize and I love to be home reading most of the time .❤
I think your ghost hunting adventures sound like a lot of fun. My wife probably wouldn’t go for it though. I do a lot of socializing with my BookTube buddies.
@@anotherbibliophilereads I do appreciate the support Greg 🙂 you never know ? Rene and I are traveling now ? Maybe we will take you on a haunted place in the future . Community is an awesome thing and we are always looking forward for connecting with people and books 📚
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Considering the average person reads half a book per year(half of people read one book per year). I argue that means many of us 'read too much'. Or is the argument -listen to more books? :) I agree that if your only hobby is reading say one genre of fiction might be limiting, but reading many styles and ideas might be richer than what we may find in real life today? Aesthetics of living versus the embrace of the mundane. I finished the Morgan Housel book 'same as ever' yesterday - he agrees. The missing piece is appreciation, wanting what we have.
I have family members who say they have read four books since graduating thirty years ago and think that’s a lot.
@@anotherbibliophilereads it is worse now, but even RW Emerson, in his day, said that he could count on one hand the number of his compatriots who could still speak Greek ( meaning keep or maintain their education). I argue we fail because we must entice people to love to learn, and that is hard.
@@alohm I’m naturally curious about things so I’m fascinated with what I can discover from a book.
It's only too much if you don't want to do it. Which is true of most hobbies.
I suppose someone could be an obsessive compulsive reader. But that would be a different issue.
In summary, in my retirement I want to read (do jigsaw puzzles, sudoku, cryptograms, and junk journal). I don't read too much 8-10 hours a day between multiple formats.
8-10 hours is mighty impressive IMHO.
It is. I would be embarrassed to say my retirement is not good. To clarify -- I don't watch TV. It's either music (when I'm up and around) or books (when I'm puzzling or sitting.
Do what works for you
Thanks Courtney.
you will think me lamentably crude: my experience of life has been drawn from life itself.
I can’t go everywhere in life. Some places I’ll just have to read about.