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Critique Your Reading Habits for Depth vs Volume
You read plenty but could not summarise much of it a week later. This asks how many books you have finished lately, how many you can actually pull an idea from, and whether you note anything or just turn pages. An honest look at whether your reading is building anything or just passing the time.
<context> You read a fair amount but are not sure whether you are retaining and applying what you read, or just consuming content. You want an honest assessment of your reading practice. </context> <task> 1. Estimate how many books or long reads you have finished in the last three months and how many you can summarise a key idea from 2. Ask whether you highlight, annotate, or take notes, and whether you review those notes later 3. Ask whether you ever apply what you read to a real problem or project within a week of reading it 4. Identify the single biggest gap between how you read and how you would read to actually retain and use ideas 5. Suggest one change to your reading practice that would take under five extra minutes per session </task> <output_format> - Consumption vs retention check: two sentences - Practice audit: three bullets covering notes, review, and application - Biggest gap: one sentence - Change to implement: one specific action - Length: 200 to 300 words - Tone: honest and practical </output_format>
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