Reading has been super easy for me so far but it hasn't been for some other people. Get ready for some venting. It's kind of annoying when people are always like "Man why we gotta read so much!? This is too much to read in one week and blah blah blah blah". Seriously, were just reading one chapter a week. It's really not that hard. Do people really need some incentives just to read a chapter in a book? I mean, it would behoove everyone if they read something that isn't a Facebook post or a text message.
What I usually do is just read the book when I'm on my way to Year Up or whenever I have nothing else to do, and before I know it, I'm already done with the chapter. I also make sure not to read in my bed because I would end up falling asleep. Another tip is to not read when you're sitting in front of a computer. You would end up going on Tumblr or Facebook instead of reading. If you're watching TV, you can read during every commercial...be warned though, if you do this you might not get anything out of the reading. But yeah, even if you really don't feel like reading, just take an hour out of your day just to read the chapter and really understand it. Even if you're a slow reader, you should be able to finish a chapter in about 3 or 4 hours. That's about what...like an hour out of 3 or 4 days? Some annotation advice would be to circle or highlight any word, phrase, or a part of the reading that sticks out to you. You could also mark any parts that are confusing to you so you could talk about it in the book discussions.
Um, so for anyone reading the book, to help you understand it more, try and relate it to you. I know that with the way Freakonomics is written, it jumps around a lot and you could get lost. But think of it as a confusing movie that only makes sense at the end. It's kind of like Inception or the Saw movies. Everything always connects at the end. That's really how each chapter is written. You have to get through the whole chapter to understand what the authors are talking about. So yeah, dont be discouraged if you have no idea what they're trying to say. Just stick to it until you finish and the author makes his final point. Then you'll see how all that jumping around ties together in the end. You'll be like "Ohhhhh that is so cray cray! Freakonomics is my new favorite book!".
Take a look, it's in a book. A reading rainbow.
I agree with every point your bring up. Reading one chapter a week is nothing, especially when the book is as interesting as this one. Then only problem with this book is the amount of information you have to take in. overall great post very well written. It behooves me that no one reads your posts.
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