I do the Read Smarter Tag

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THE READ SMART TAG
This is an original tag created by ‪‪@ToReadersItMayConcern‬ and ‪@ProseAndPetticoats‬
I was tagged by ‪@BookChatWithPat8668‬ and ‪@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk‬
Read Smart Tag questions:
1. What is your strategy to stay focused and engaged while reading?
2. How does your environment influence your focus and what can you do to optimise it?
3. What methods do you use to retain and recall information from what you've read?
4. How do you approach difficult or challenging material?
5. What role do note-taking and annotation play in your reading process?
6. How do you balance reading for pleasure with reading for personal or professional development?
7. What is the importance of setting reading goals?
8. What are some strategies for overcoming reading slumps or lack of motivation?
9. Tag some people.
‪@LibroParadiso-ep4zt‬
‪@strangementalitypaperYT‬
‪@ThatReadingGuy28‬
Channels mentioned:
‪@LeafbyLeaf‬

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

Amazing. Thank you for participating! I'm glad you got tagged 🥰

[@JamesRuchala]

Thanks for creating the tag and thanks for watching!

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Taking a book to read at a stop light is full commitment! Best wishes James.

[@JamesRuchala]

LeafxLeaf was pretty hardcore for a while!

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

“The good stuff sticks.” I like that. (Hey, maybe that will stick.)

[@PatriciaCrabtree-wm8xd]

Who remembers meals when done? Same with books for me except I had a meal that included French Champagne. The food is forgotten but the champagne cemented the event for me.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi James! I really enjoyed hearing your responses to the prompts. I really liked doing this one as well. Thought-provoking. Hope you're doing well.

[@JamesRuchala]

Thanks for watching, Pat. It seems to inspire us all to wax on for a while.

[@ToReadersItMayConcern]

Yeah, the lengthiness of the tag is inevitable. It becomes an invite to travel through reading memory. By the way, nothing boring about your thoughts at all! It's refreshing that you let yourself relax with some reading, such as with Dune. I sometimes wish I could chill a bit about my reading, but I think I have a high level of neuroticism that turns reading into a detailed process. Someday, maybe, I'll discover calm.

[@JamesRuchala]

Thanks for watching, Ruben. I sometimes feel like my booktube thoughts are a little light-weight compared to folks like you. Maybe read more junk? However you may find that more popular fare (like the westerns I read last month) seem to be more of a slog than classics. I sure have.

[@LibroParadiso-ep4zt]

Good day, James. Thank you for the tag. Finishing the move, but strong possibility setting up internet at new place may take some time. I'm writing from my old place. Best to you from Texas.

[@JamesRuchala]

Thanks for watching, GV. Good luck finishing up that move--it's the worst!

[@LibroParadiso-ep4zt]

​@@JamesRuchala I moved into an efficiency, rather large one, but making everything fit in an organized manner has been tough for at least 5 days. It's been exhausting moving books in out of shelves, closets, bathroom, boxes here and there, in an effort to make everything fit. Quite the work out. This morning saw light at the end of the tunnel to use a cliche. I'm writing to you from old place that still has internet. Haven't been able to set up at new place. Likely by tomorrow I'll be shutting it down here. Best to you.

[@BookishTexan]

That wasn’t boring at all.

[@JamesRuchala]

Thanks, Brian!

[@PatriciaCrabtree-wm8xd]

Am ashamed that my goal is to have no goal.

[@PatriciaCrabtree-wm8xd]

Not ashamed to stay ready for booktube suggestions.

[@JamesRuchala]

No goal is the only goal worth having, I think.