Personal Development for Smart People Forums - View Single Post - Is there a such thing as reading too much ?

Zulu · 03-15-2007, 02:14 AM

Yearly average: 50-100 books. Can fluctuate from a book every 2 weeks to 1 book per day, even 2 books per day.

I love to read. I read mostly non-fiction. About half of that is medically oriented reading and half of that is personal growth stuff/psychology research.

Reading too much is hard to do. If you read 8h per day, and you eat 1h per day, you still have 7h to socialize, exercise, etc.

You're reading too much when it's interfering negatively with the rest of your life. I guess that could be any amount of reading, although, realistically, people read far too little for their own well-being.

Also, for those who read self-help type stuff, reading too much can prevent them from going out their and actually acting, although I've never had that problem.

03-15-2007, 02:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Zulu Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Posts: 62	Yearly average: 50-100 books. Can fluctuate from a book every 2 weeks to 1 book per day, even 2 books per day. I love to read. I read mostly non-fiction. About half of that is medically oriented reading and half of that is personal growth stuff/psychology research. Reading too much is hard to do. If you read 8h per day, and you eat 1h per day, you still have 7h to socialize, exercise, etc. You're reading too much when it's interfering negatively with the rest of your life. I guess that could be any amount of reading, although, realistically, people read far too little for their own well-being. Also, for those who read self-help type stuff, reading too much can prevent them from going out their and actually acting, although I've never had that problem.