Which books do you plan to read.

[brassmonkeys]

Anything sci-fi, mystery or funny that catches my interest.
And another chapter of The AWK Programming Language 2nd Edition

Hope you're liking The Expanse books Alain!

 

[Alain De Vos]

Yesterday before sleep I read "Drive", it's first chapter book 10 on the Epstein drive.

Fun arriving,
1 Introductory Chemistry Tro 2.5 weeks Punishment Factor 1.5 Applied Cumulative 2.5 weeks
2 The Planets Andrew Cohen 0.5 weeks Cumulative 3.0 weeks
3 Chemistry Mortimer Müller 2.5 weeks Punishment Factor 1.5 Applied Applied Cumulative 5.5 weeks
4 Caliban's War The Expanse Book 2 0.5 weeks Cumulative 6.0 weeks
5 Organic Chemistry A Short Course Hart et al 1.5 weeks Punishment Factor 1.5 Applied Cumulative 7.5 weeks
6 On the Spectrum Daniel Bowman 0.5 weeks Cumulative 8.0 weeks
7 Abaddon's Gate The Expanse Book 3 0.5 weeks Cumulative 8.5 weeks
8 Essential Cell Biology Alberts et al 725p 1.5 weeks Cumulative 10.0 weeks
9 Unmasking Autism Devon Price 0.5 weeks Cumulative 10.5 weeks
10 Cibola Burn The Expanse Book 4 0.5 weeks Cumulative 11.0 weeks
11 Neuroscience Purves et al 2.0 weeks Cumulative 13.0 weeks
12 Nemesis Games The Expanse Book 5 0.5 weeks Cumulative 13.5 weeks
13 Being Twice Exceptional Melanie Hayes 0.5 weeks Cumulative 14.0 weeks
14 Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Stahl 2.25 weeks Punishment Factor 1.5 Applied Cumulative 16.25 weeks
15 Babylon's Ashes The Expanse Book 6 0.5 weeks Cumulative 16.75 weeks
16 The Evolution of Co-operation Robert Axelrod 0.5 weeks Cumulative 17.25 weeks
17 Learning and Behavior Paul Chance 1.0 week Cumulative 18.25 weeks
18 Don't Shoot The Dog Karen Pryor 0.5 weeks Cumulative 18.75 weeks
19 Science and Human Behavior Skinner 1.0 week Cumulative 19.75 weeks
20 Persepolis Rising The Expanse Book 7 0.5 weeks Cumulative 20.25 weeks
21 The Architecture of Cognition Anderson 0.5 weeks Cumulative 20.75 weeks
22 The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins 0.5 weeks Cumulative 21.25 weeks
23 The Cognitive Structure of Emotions Ortony 0.5 weeks Cumulative 21.75 weeks
24 A Thousand Brains Hawkins 0.5 weeks Cumulative 22.25 weeks
25 Tiamat's Wrath The Expanse Book 8 0.5 weeks Cumulative 22.75 weeks
26 A Brief History of Intelligence Bennett 0.5 weeks Cumulative 23.25 weeks
27 Livewired Eagleman 0.5 weeks Cumulative 23.75 weeks
28 How the Mind Works Pinker 0.5 weeks Cumulative 24.25 weeks
29 The Human Universe Brian Cox 0.5 weeks Cumulative 24.75 weeks
30 Leviathan Falls The Expanse Book 9 0.5 weeks Cumulative 25.25 weeks

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[eseipi]

Fun arriving

I don't think it's a good idea to set any deadlines here, Alain. Most likely you won't meet them, and then it'd be much harder, if not impossible, to make up for it. That's just how it works.

When trying to develop new habits I'd focus on consistency no matter how small my first steps might be. Overall, it's much better to do something for like 30 minutes a day every (other) day, than to pour all the energy into the first week or two and then inevitably burn out.

To me it seems impossible to properly read 30 books full of science in 25 weeks if you're not a field expert already, but setting such goals you're creating for yourself absurdly unrealistic expectations. And when you fail to meet them, you'll end up feeling even worse than if you hadn't done anything at all. No one should put themselves in that kind of situation. I even think it'd better not to set any expectations at all.

And what the hell is this "Punishment Factor"?