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I really enjoy knowing approximately how long it’s going to take me to read a book

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Naomi K
Feb 17, 2013
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I only read one book at a time. But, since I’m in graduate school, I need to read a book a week as part of my readings’ course. Thus, I now need to time exactly when I’m going to finish my books. This has resulted in a huge leap forward in my ability to assess how long it’s going to take me to read any given book.

Basically, the lynchpin of this system i…

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