These are the reading assignments. Reading assignments is usually approached optimistically. Oh yeah, I have 40 pages here. Shouldn’t take me more than an hour, right? I will finish it before dinner. And then you get to page three and realize the author is using thick layers of theoretical jargon. Damn. Now you have to […]

How fast will you read something depending on what you’re doing with that information once you have it? Is it a fiction chapter or a technical manual? One average reading speed won’t work for every text. Studying for a test is different than having a quick look through something. This also alters your reading time […]

There’s also that sense of panic when you pick up a book and realize you only have two weeks to finish. It’s as if someone has put a bag of sand on top of your chest, because now all you can focus on is how much more reading time you have left. And how does […]

One Thursday evening, you get a notice from library: It’s time to pick up your copy of the book you’ve had lying around on your nightstand for three weeks now. You flip through to see how many pages remain, and you feel a knot form in your gut. Whether you’re usually an organized person or […]