Entries from 2019-06-01 to 1 month

Exploring

Words that I read: 1357 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 131 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p15~16) The paper became more specific where I need to work on maths. Maybe I should give up rus…

Routines

Words that I read: 1574 (10 minutes) Words that I wrote: 88 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p14~15) I read this part after lunch. I was a bit sleepy, so reading speed was slow. What I reasi…

Plateau

Words that I read: 1890 (10 minutes) Words that I wrote: 106 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p7~8) Not bad. I think this is my average reading speed. I don't repeat lines anymore and I slow…

Like a sport

Words that I read: 2367 (10 minutes) Words that I wrote: 150 (8 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p7~8) Decent. Some of the content was something I already knew, so it was an easy read. I feel I…

Amount of information per word

Words that I read: 1476 (10 minutes) Words that I wrote: 169 (10 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p7~8) As I mentioned yesterday, I read the paper carefully. When I try to read carefully, I som…

Getting slower as I move on

Words that I read: 1718 Words that I wrote: 99 Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p4~7) I continued reading a review of quantum engineering that I started to read few days ago. The speed got slow maybe be…

5 minutes

Words that I read: 2211 Words that I wrote: 137 Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1601.02036.pdf (p.1~3) This blog post is also a new habit I am trying. I am challenging to write as many words as possible in 5 minutes. As 10 minutes reading rou…

Accumulation of knowledge

Words that I read: 2801(10 minutes) Words that I wrote: 195 (10 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p2~4) A lot of words I could read, but I have to admit that the paper I read today was easy. It …

Reading is genuinely fun

Words that I read: 1934 Words that I wrote: 153 I feel reading is a very fun activity. It is close to having a meditation. You sit correctly, take a deep breath and concentrate on reading lines. The desire to read faster and understand wit…

Need for better benchmarking method

Words that I read: 1890 Words that I wrote: 145 It seems like my reading speed has increased since the number of words I read was over 1500 two days in a row. However, I am now sceptical about this benchmarking method of counting the numbe…

Sudden increase

Words that I read: 1649 Words that I wrote: 102 I don't know why I could read this fast. I stopped reading the same lines again and again. I read a lot of sentences explaining the figure, so that might have been easy to understand. I also …

Repeating lines

Words that I read: 901 Words that I wrote: 65 I continued reading an article that I read yesterday, but the number of words I read decreased. I realised that I read some sentences multiple times and that take time. I guess I'm rushing too …

Start

Words that I read: 1001 Words that I wrote: 45 Today, I started my new reading routine. The rule is as follows. I read an academic paper for 10 minutes and count the number of words I read. I will record it in this blog and will see how it…