What should I read?

The simple answer is anything that interests you. Trust me there is no bad kind of reading. Just like exercise, there is no bad exercise right? As long as you're doing it any exercise is good. Similarly reading is a good habit. There should be no need to put barriers to what you should be reading.

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My reading habit.

I started reading as a very small kid. First thing I can remember was a big book with Russian fairy tales. Now as an adult I can see that wasn't a big book at all. But relative to a five or six year old kid that was. The beautiful vasilessa. I was attracted to the ivans, sea horses and magical woods with wiches who ate kids. And it did not stop from there. I was in search of stories all the time. Novels, translations. We exchanged books with our classmates. Tarzen, sherlock Holmes, Jack London and Emily bronte. I was in these magical world of imaginary tales. It was the era before smartphones and movies. But imagination involved.

In parallel to these fascinating novels, I found out that there are quite fascinating textbooks as well. They are different from novels as there are no characters. But for any curious mind there are enough things to discover. From why the sky is green to how Steve jobbs spend his day. I found most of the time that textbooks doesn't capture attention on the first chapter. Sometimes interesting stuff comes in later chapters. I would turn the pages and take a haphazard walk. Just like I would do in a botanical garden.

A walk in the Botanical Garden

Imagine you visit a botanical garden on a Sunday. There would be a lot of places. Lot of people. There would be thousands of shades and corners to explore. Would you panic? No, you would slowly explore some of these places, engage In  thoughts. Look at wild flowers and write down your observations. And next day you will come back and revisit some of these new places and old ones. Each time you would spend different quality of time in the same garden. Now imagine you do the same with your textbook. I found this very interesting. You will not meet me carrying a notebook, if you met me in this garden. But I suggest you do the same, as your imagination from this garden is totally different from the author that you might need to capture it. Just like a fleeing butterfly your novel thoghts might slip away otherwise and you might not be able to show anyone.

Exploring Colors

Let's get back to novels.

After reading loads and loads of them I found out that novels are kind of boring. Texts are much more interesting. But after sometime you might find that texts are boring too. Life is far more interesting. Infact all these reading material are representations of life. Someone's perspective of the world, factual or imaginative.

When I look at the world now I can see what reading has done to my world. When I look at a tree I see it differently from anyone else. In a unique way, as books have taught me a lot about trees. When I look at a flower I can separate its shades from the science behind it, as I have read about color theory. When I see stars, I see them unique way as I have read how these giant balls are appearing as twinkle stars at night, and even move faster than light into forever darkness. When I see ants I see how they see the world as I have just seen the photographs of ant vision. So definitely my world is rich in imagination opportunitie only because of variety of books.

So should I really read?

If I was stuck to one book. One domain of knowlege, that would never had happened. I would never be able to write an article or have a meaningful conversation about meaning of life. So, to answer the question What you should read, is anything that interest you. As our interests are unique and you are irreplaceable if you master your interest. Which can look like work to others but just a play to yourself.