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Read everything. Let your brain sort out the useful or informative or entertaining from the trashy wasted time. Read everything.
Ever been on a looong backpacking trip? The sort where you've finished your book by the 4th-5th day and have nothing left to read? And you find yourself reading the directions to the dehydrated soup? Reading the manufacturing tags in your clothing? Reading your palm?
Reading is brain exercise. Reading Chaucer, Joyce, or Clauswitz is sort of like doing 500 sit-ups followed by 500 push-ups (press-ups for our UK cousins,) lifting free weights for an hour, followed by running 50k. A wee bit excessive for everyday exercise.
Reading Kellerman, Brown, Child, Parker, etc., is quite like riding a stationary bike for 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes on the StairMaster, then 20 minutes fast walking on the treadmill. Perhaps a wee bit too easy on the body, but still with some effect.
Alternating days with these two exercise plans might just be the way to get/stay in shape?
Read everything. Let your brain sort out the useful or informative or entertaining from the trashy wasted time. Read everything. Nothing will be lost.
Stitchawl
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