{"id":4972,"date":"2011-04-22T11:59:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T19:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2011\/04\/22\/"},"modified":"2015-03-28T05:09:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T12:09:50","slug":"too-much-reading-best-way-to-deal-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/04\/too-much-reading-best-way-to-deal-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Too much reading?  Best way to deal with it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us have far more reading material than we could ever possibly get to, even with the noblest of intentions. So what&#8217;s the best way to deal with this challenge, short of canceling all magazine subscriptions and running the other way when a colleague tries to give us yet another article or book to read?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coach Julie Ireland weighs in:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2011\/04\/julie.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4974\" title=\"julie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2011\/04\/julie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the solutions I&#8217;ve found that often works for people is to divide reading material into 3 buckets. Here they are, along with a brief description of what they entail:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Critical Reading<\/strong> &#8211; This is reading that I am responsible for as part of my work; e.g., an article that was hand-delivered to me by my boss, a brief from a client, etc. These go onto my next actions list, and I am committing to reading them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Of-Interest Reading<\/strong> &#8211; The &#8220;I&#8217;m REALLY interested in this, and it would be good for me to read it but I&#8217;m not committing to&#8221; stuff \u2013 a bit like Someday\/Maybe for reading. This goes into my &#8220;Reading &#8211; of interest&#8221; bin and periodically, when I&#8217;m taking a short break or heading off to the airport, I&#8217;ll grab something from this stack. I have a rule that if it goes onto an airplane with me and I don&#8217;t read it, it goes into the trash rather than back into the bin. Every so often, I have to bite the bullet and purge. (Am I really going to read the October 2007 issue of <em>The Economist<\/em>? I don&#8217;t think so&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Purely Recreational Reading<\/strong> &#8211; This usually lives by my bed, unless it&#8217;s a real page turner and I manage to read during the day while my eyes are still open.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been overwhelmed by your reading stack in the past, I hope this will bring some much-needed relief your way. 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