After a really really long time, I picked up a magazine the other day. Had 3 days off and decided that I must get back to following up things happening around me and since I had 3 mags and 3 days, in the fashion of my younger days, I thought to myself that I would happily breeze through them.
When I began to read, I was amazed to find that I had developed the amazing ability to read through the words without registering the meaning of what I was reading at all! I actually completed a full article to realise at the end that I had no idea what the author was trying to say! I figure that I have picked up this ridiculous habit from my work - where mountain high files could only be attended to if one developed this skill of skimming through, catching on just to the important bits. I have sadly come to understand however, that this skill is absolutely wasted on articles written with all the research of magazine authors (apropos our staff), pros and cons that go into making an argument..
So, I reluctantly flipped back the pages of the rather long article, trudged through the magazine applying my brain cells in a manner that I haven't for ages and finished just one magazine over the three days. I have decided at the end of it, now that I have begun reading once more, never shall I abandon it again. Its too painful trying to re-establish the habit!
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