Spend More Time READING Rather Than Scrolling
This should NOT be debated BUT I've to confess that I've been seating at the edges of my chair, itching to raise this up. So, the bigger question looming over us us: Should we Spend More Time READING Rather Than Scrolling? You might get back to me and retort: WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCROLLING? Flatly, I'll say that there is NOTHING wrong with SCROLLING if that eats up roughly 10% of your slack time. BUT WHAT IF I tell you that many of us spend approximately 50% of their slack time SCROLLING and SCROLLING? 50% and above should be an outlier!!!Good for us, technology has been of extreme help for us. I have to admit that these days, I very rarely go to the local bookstore to buy hard bounds, if at all. Instead, e-Books are our best option [it's much cheaper on apples-to-apples]. BUT WHAT's going on instead? Social media has lorded it over, taking over our lives [at least our slack time [BUT THAT'S HUGE!]!!! Please DON'T get me wrong though. Studies show how impactful technology has been to us. Portable devices are changing the way we read OR consume content. And research studies support those findings and the novel of it is that people tend to read more on screen than on paper. Many of us, however, are still NOT comfortable with our changing reading behavior. Worse thing, with our waning interest, social media has taken advantage of it by pulling us more into scrolling instead, whew!@#$%? C'mon dude, reading is a crucial learning activity. And BTW, reading has NO AGE BOUNDARIES. WHO says that you should slacken off your reading when you hit 40, 50 OR 60? My take here is that, there is more truth to the opposite understanding because as you hit 40, 50 OR 60, obviously you have much more time to spare, right? There have been plenty of studies showing HOW screen reading affects our brain. Some even welcome the fact that screens afford more enriching experiences for us. Others, though, maintain that they're NOT ideal and may even reduce one's attention span [Oh, I heard this lame excuse many times]❎❎❎ Our takeaway: Please allow me to share these basic approaches I've adopted along the way: - Short-form reading works well on screen. Let us leverage on the enhanced 'look and feel' we have!
- Digital contents have been presented to be more 'scannable' and much easier to 'digest visually'
- As non-linear reading is rising, texts are shorter to read
Yes dude, SPEND MORE TIME READING RATHER THAN SCROLLING💚💛💜
