Comments on: You are how you read

By: Oma Edoja

Oma Edoja — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:29:00 +0000

I find the older I get, the more impatient I am when reading! Just like Addison, I say, “Blah, blah, blah, get to the point!” And sometimes I’m shocked at myself. I used to be a lot more patient. Could it be because of increasing responsibilities and the resulting time constraints? Or because of more “high powered thinking” as I become more of an achiever? I’ll think about that!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:46:30 +0000

This is so funny. I also scanned the Google article looking for the tidbits of wisdom. I have to watch that I don’t do that to people as well.

By: Addison

Addison — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:33:05 +0000

So, I was intrigued by the quick post, and I knew that I could relate….and when I clicked on the link to the Google article, about 2 paragraphs in, my mind said “blah, blah, blah, get to the point” and I skimmed the paragraph. I didn’t finish the article. We as a global community, are more connected then ever to each other through the web, blogging, texting, social web networking, and yet I find truly connecting with myself or a task for an extended reflective piece of time is becoming increasingly difficult. My mind skims and says, “blah, blah, blah” whats the point and moves on. The urgency to be constantly “doing” is increasing in intensity.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:14:41 +0000

Well, I confess to being a scanner.

I scanned, thinking, “hmmm, I want to think about this more - maybe I could save it to my “I must read later but don’t usually get to” file.
I’d add that I was reading via Google Reader, extracted to iGoogle home page - which prompts a scanning approach.

I am part of a creative cluster, following the Artist’s Way courses (in my cases the Walking in this World unit) so I do get some deep thinking time each week.

But I do tend to multi task and scan things much of the time.