Visitors to Tech IT Easy may have noticed a slight increase in posting-rhythm last week—I averaged at about 2 articles a day. They say that the simplest reason is often the most straightforward one—I was on a brief relaxing holiday—but that wasn’t actually the core-reason why I wrote more.
Last week, I managed to read two books, one of which I blogged about and another of which, a draft is awaiting some QC before being posted. I remember this effect when I was a youngster, reading always made me feel like writing something. Countless were the fantasy-stories I started, but never finished, back when I was reading Tolkien et al.
Luckily blogposts are shorter… during my one year stint on foodandretail.blogspot.com, where I blogged daily, I was on a constant regime of reading related articles and books at night and blogging about them soon after.
There you have it: reading more makes you a more prolific writer. I also say this now that a study revealed that reading less and watching more TV makes you unhappy—or is it that unhappy people watch more TV, I can never figure out the chicken or the egg…
So what are you waiting for, go pick up a book and make some time to read it!
Vincent
Man I’ve been reading quite a few interesting books this year (allen, convey, goldratt, drucker and currently paul krugman, not to mention excellent and relaxing summer read : millenium from stieg larsson). I just miss the time to write about them : working, rocking, DIYing, familying does not leave much time.
Talking about TV, check this stephanie blogpost : http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/05/31/reboot9-alexander-kjerulf-happiness/
Basically TV is identified as one of the main threat to happinness. “Introduction of TV in Bhutan in the 90s : life satisfaction fell, suicide and depression rates climbed, clothing changed to what teenagers wear in the US.”
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