Monday, September 13, 2010
长得丑不是罪
Friday, September 3, 2010
My concerns
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Peek-A-Boo
Tips to cultivate a LIFETIME JOURNAL READING HABIT
Tips to cultivate a LIFETIME JOURNAL READING HABIT (modified by Joanna) ^-^
1. Set times.
- Read for at least 30 minutes everyday
2. Always carry a reading material.
- Wherever you go, take a journal with you.
3. Make a list.
- Keep a list of all the great books/published paper you want to read.
Tech trick: create a Gmail account for your book list, and email the address every time you hear about a good book. Now your inbox will be your reading list. When you’ve read a book, file it under “Done”. If you want, you can even reply to the message (to the same address) with notes about the book, and those will be in the same conversation thread, so now your Gmail account is your reading log too.
4. Find a quiet place.
- Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair (don’t lay down unless you’re going to sleep) and curl up with a good book without interruptions. There should be no television or computer near the chair to minimize distractions, and no music or noisy family members/roommates.
5. Reduce television/Internet.
- Try cutting back on TV or Internet consumption.
6. Have a library day.
- Make it a weekly trip.
7. Make it pleasurable.
- Make your reading time your favorite time of day. Have some good tea or coffee while you read, or another kind of treat. Get into a comfortable chair with a good blanket. Read during sunrise or sunset, or at the beach.
8. Set a high goal.
- Tell yourself that you want to read 100 journals this year (or some other number like that).
9. Have a reading hour or reading day.
- If you turn off the TV or Internet in the evening, you could have a set hour (perhaps just after dinner) for you to read each night. Or you could do a reading day, when you read for practically the whole day. It’s super fun.
10. Summarize the paper that you have read.
- This help you to understand the journal better and it helps during the thesis writing time.