Attempting to Live a Deep Life
Advice from Cal Newport
One of the people I listen to is Cal Newport. Being a teacher and writer, he relates to my journey better than many. He talks extensively about living the “deep life,” and that is something that has interested me for many years.
Primarily, it is the reason that I have stopped counting my reading; I want to read more deeply. It is also why I am concentrating on my newsletters rather than stretching myself thin over too many projects.
Reading is a passion of mine. It is the reason I started my book club, The Book Chronicles, to encourage more people on their reading journey. Which is why I have added a section to this email, which will be a weekly round-up of my reading.
I read three books at a time across different formats and genres.
I always have an audiobook that I listen to whilst driving between my tutoring sessions. These are easy-to-follow books and are all fiction. I would not listen to a more in-depth book, as I do not have a note-taking function with audiobooks.
Additionally, I read one fiction and one non-fiction book at a time. Usually, one is “chunkier” than the other, which allows me to carry the thinner volume in my bag.
Always having a book with me helps me read the quantity I do every year. I hope you enjoy this addition to the newsletter.
Tell me in the comments: how many books do you read at any one time?
Until next Sunday: Find the time, find the words, find the way.
Sam 😊
Reading Round-Up
This week, I stepped away from The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. I will go into more detail in my monthly round-up on The Book Chronicles, but let me say it wasn’t for me.
Having put that down, I embarked on the monster of a book Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. This is the first in the Liveship Traders trilogy and part of the Realm of the Elderlings series I am making my way through.
My non-fiction read is Day of Infamy by Walter Lord. His book on the Titanic is one of my favourites on the subject, so I am looking forward to starting this one on Pearl Harbour.
I finished listening to Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, so I need to pick a new audiobook. At the moment, I have been catching up on some of my favourite podcasts.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. – Dr. Seuss
