I was always a visual information taker and learned more from attending class and lectures than from reading myself. But when reading a book, I usually
carry a pen, pencil or marker of some sort. Now I’m not referring to text books, which I never read anyways, but about fiction, business and other non-fiction books.
When I was marking my book the
other day, I wondered how my choice of instrument(I usually use a pen)
represented my personality.
There were moments when I would
tell myself that I shouldn't be marking my books with pens, markers(I don’t
use markers cause I usually find their brightness distracting), but then I thought again, is anyone else going
to look at my book when I lend it to them and say-‘this guy must be untidy, he
couldn’t even keep his books clean’ or perhaps – ‘look at this guys inability
to draw straight lines under text’ or even maybe on the flipside –‘seems like
he takes his books seriously’.
Our instruments define our personalities, but its how others see it is what makes it interesting, and those different perspectives matter.
So, what's your instrument?
