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The habit I’ve stuck with the longest, which continues to bear fruit: 1. If a book comes to mind, just buy it. No wishlists, no libraries. Feel free to get _bo
by stopachka 6y ago
The habit I’ve stuck with the longest, which continues to bear fruit:
1. If a book comes to mind, just buy it. No wishlists, no libraries. Feel free to get _both_ kindle and paperback, even the audible.
The returns on this habit are incalculable. I do this at an extreme level, which amounts to about 5k / year. That’s similar to a great gym membership or owning a small car. Expensive but doable.
- LaundroMat 6y agoI buy most books second hand. I'm not interested in the newest and latest (hearing about a book years after it was published is a signal of quality) so that saves me a lot of money. Also, I'm not attached to those books as much as I would be if I had bought them new, which means I have less of an issue clearing them out to save space.
- nikisweeting 6y agoThis only works if you actually read them.
- jtsiskin 6y agoI do something similarish - if a book comes to mind, find it on “the internet” right away. Buy the physical book if I like the first chapter or two.