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Reading on Medium Can Have Horrible Consequences
Constantly scrolling is not the best strategy.
How much have you read on Medium this month?
A few minutes? Or a couple of hours?
Like me, you probably read a lot on Medium.
And that’s great, except when it’s not.
Reading can be a distraction
Reading gives us knowledge. Except, sometimes reading can be something we do when we don’t know our next move. If you’ve ever found yourself scrolling through Medium, clicking on every article, chances are you don’t know what your next step is.
Trust me, I’ve been there. Whenever I have a problem that needs fixing, I bring up every article on the topic and read it all. Then I go read more. And then some more. I realized, after an embarrassingly long while, that all I’m looking for is a distraction. Something that keeps my mind occupied while the problem exists, so I don’t need to focus on it.
Reading became a way to feel productive when it was really just a distraction.
Just in time or just in case?
The way to be efficient when reading is making sure you’re reading things as problems appear. I noticed that I was reading as a way…
