When I was in grad school, I took over a month to go through a single paper [0]. I wasn't taking long breaks, I was trying to make headway almost every day. Thi

When I was in grad school, I took over a month to go through a single paper [0]. I wasn't taking long breaks, I was trying to make headway almost every day. This wasn't procrastination or me being a slow reader. I don't need months to read 70 pages. I do need months to read 70 pages when each page has ideas that require filling several blackboards to understand. [0] https://annals.math.princeton.edu/2005/161-1/p10 https://annals.math.princeton.edu/2005/161-1/p10