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Let's talk about why you should DNF more books! We don't have to finish every book we start. In fact, we shouldn't! Let's make 2024 the year we quit more books. Happy reading 📚
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SOURCES:
📰 Social Security Life Expectancy Calculator
www.ssa.gov/OACT/population/l...
📰 Calculate How Many Books You Will Read Before You Die
- This is the article I used to show me a method to calculate the amount of books left til I die.
lithub.com/how-many-books-wil...
🎞️ Nancy Pearl TedTalk
- This is where I learned about Nancy Pearl's method for knowing when to quit, also where you can find more info on her "pie chart" method for choosing books.
• Reading with Purpose: ...
📰 How Many Books Americans Read in 2023
- A fun recent article about some book reading stats from 2023!
www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
📈 Pew Research Center Data for Average Books Read Per Year
www.pewresearch.org/internet/...
📈 Google Counts How Many Books Exist in the World
booksearch.blogspot.com/2010/...
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CHAPTERS
00:00 What you're watching.
00:24 Americans stink at reading.
00:43 Let's calculate how many books we'll read before we die. Fun!
01:02 No, it's not enough.
01:27 We can increase the number!
01:51 When to quit
02:11 Stop buying bad books.
02:30 Challenging books are still good.
02:37 The procrastination cycle caused by bad books
03:04 You'll know a good book when you can't put it down!
03:17 The price of bad books.
03:30 How to find good books.
03:47 Everyone is wrong.
04:06 Including you.
04:14 You're gonna fail. Embrace it.
04:24 The joy of not finishing a book.
04:33 Too many books. Too little time.
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Music from Epidemic Sound
Stock Footage from Pexels
Drawings by me 🙃