Entries from 2019-01-01 to 1 year

Started to read a novel (in spare time)

Words I read: 406 (20 mintues) Words I wrote: 202 (5 minutes) Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0504097.pdf (p7~9) A lot of math today as well. I think I can't ignore this part because it seems to be important later, so I will stick to…

Math time

Words I read: 467 (10 mintues) Words I wrote: 110 (5 minutes) Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0504097.pdf (p6~7) Today, I'm not sleepy as everyday because I slept very early (around 9 pm) last night. I felt very sleepy last night may…

Pattern

Words I read: 2092 (10 mintues) Words I wrote: 145 (5 minutes) Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0504097.pdf (p1~6) I started a new paper. This is a review paper on the topic I am not familiar with, so it will be a challenge. The intro…

Finished!

Words I read: 1816 (10 mintues) Words I wrote: 78 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p44~47) Getting stable. I guess my average reading spead is about 1500~1800 words in 10 minutes. I will sta…

Came back

Words I read: 1653 (10 mintues) Words I wrote: 78 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p42~44) It was the first time I did the reading routine after my holiday. The pace was decent. I didn't rep…

2 weeks ago...

Words I read: 1859 (15 mintues) Words I wrote: 75 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p42~45) Woke up at 5:30 and didn't feel sleepy during the morning routine (run, workout, cook and eat break…

Transition

Words I read: 2036 (10 mintues) Words I wrote: 102 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p39~42) Waking up early is not tough. However, I realise I feel tired and sleepy during the day. This star…

Squeeze

Words I read: 1470 (10 mintues) Words I wrote: 124 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p37~39) I read the article cafefully today. I felt a little bit sleepy and had to repeat some lines, but o…

Minimising morning routine

Words that I read: 2295 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 92 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p34~37) Decent. I'm writing this at 7:50 in the morning before I go to lab. This is a great impro…

Tired 2

Words that I read: 3676 (15 mintues) Words that I wrote: 106 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p30~34) Read a lot. I just kept reading until I get tired and my pace became slow. This was agai…

Tired

Words that I read: 2334 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 100 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p28~30) Today, I read the article at night. This is because, it was Saturday and I didn't have t…

Early morning ignition

Words that I read: 1445 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 105 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p27~28) Morning routine was perfect. Running, workouts and cooking went seamlessly. Moreover, I …

Words that I read: 1804 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 108 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p27~28) Morning routine was perfect. Running, workouts and cooking went seamlessly. Moreover, I …

Pressure

Words that I read: 1804 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 108 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p24~27) I found a great cafe in my neighborhood today. Seats are confy, musics are good, flat wh…

Diary

Words that I read: 1704 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 121 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p21~23) Didn't have a productive morning today, maybe because I was a bit sleepy. I wake up at 6…

Pace maker

Words that I read: 2202 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 101 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p18~20) I had a productive morning today, so my mind was clear when I read the article. My daily…

Classic music

Words that I read: 1354 (10 mintues) Words that I wrote: 147 (5 minutes) Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5089550?class=pdf (p16~18) Not much to say to be honest. I am still trying to find out a reading style that is stab…

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…