My goal this month was to read "Set For Life" and "Rich Dad Poor Dad." I am here to tell you...that did not happen lol. I have made it about a third of the way through "Set For Life" by Scott Trench and I feel like I have retained nothing from it. I am not a reader to begin with and with ebooks I'm even worse. The ebook through the app Libby is the most cost effective way to do this reading though, so I'm determined to make it work. What I am going to do instead of what I have been doing is buy a notebook and start laying out 20 minutes every day for reading and to make sure I'm actually mentally present and actually soaking in the information I will be taking notes as I go. The way Scott breaks things down is super simplistic and easy to follow as you are going so this should not be a necessary step for most people probably but my brain just is not retaining anything. I think part of the problem as well is that I am doing this reading at night in bed right before I go to sleep so I am absolutely exhausted when I'm reading. So to combat that I am going to make it a point to wake up half an hour earlier every day so that I can start doing the reading first thing in the morning hopefully when my brain is more functional. This is not a process I've ever been used to doing. I didn't even read my textbooks in high school or college. So trying to nail down a reading process that works and make it a habit is going to be a new experience and something I struggle to figure out what works most likely. I am determined to actively read and learn as much as I absolutely can about personal finance and all of the things related to it. I want to learn all of the different perspectives to help me form the investing philosophy that works for me and my future.
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