READING WEDNESDAYS – WHY YOU NEED ONE!

So you look down beside the couch or your bed, and see your burgeoning ‘to be read’ pile frowning at you.  Your saved blog posts, newsletters, website, and e-zine articles file is so filled it’s about to crash your laptop, and you don’t even want to think about your tablet’s monstrous e-book library.  That is what now, 1200 strong?

Face it.  You have saved so much reading material you’ve started to avoid looking at it.

Enter reading Wednesday.  That one day you can set aside to start reading your way through it all.

Make an appointment with yourself and keep that time for simply reading.  And maybe organizing.

THE MORNING POWER READ. 

This is when I gather up all the bookmarked pages, articles, journals, saved blog posts, website pages, tweet links, downloaded research e-books, texts, dog eared magazines and other wise print material that lurk about my house.

Then I decide on a space, preferably secluded with a trip wire for those who wander to close.  I like the library and will travel to the very back where it’s quiet.  I take my coffee, and make sure I have a full charge to my laptop and iPad.

This is also when I’ll check out new podcasts, download some trial episodes, or scan my old subscriptions for new materials.  Note to self – bring headphones.

THE LUNCH TIME BIG O – ORGANIZE.

By lunchtime, all read material is slotted and filed into HOLDING, PTU-put to use, or SOT-sorted or trashed.

HOLDING.  If material is holding, it’s in one specific saved file until the time comes for me to use it.  So it might be the website of a person who does dynamite photography that I want to use at a later date, or a website guru who, when the time comes, I will connect with to update my site.

S.O.T – SAVE OR TRASHED.   Some things, most things will be read, committed to memory then painfully trashed.  I hate discarding things, but have to keep in mind that my affinity to ‘save’ things got me here in the first place.  Other things, the way-too-awesome-to-ever-think-about-trashing things get stored into one limited space ‘keeper’ file.  Limited space forces me to keep things very sparingly.

P.T.U – PUT TO USE.  I will choose one thing for the day’s PTU.  For example, the article of tips on how to set up a great Goodreads dashboard.  I’ll read the tips, head over to Goodreads and put the tips to use by updating, reorganizing and revamping my dashboard.

I’ll also listen to my new podcasts episodes in my car during the ride home.

Reading Wednesday peeps – try it and let me know how it goes!

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