I spend a lot of time on the subway, but actually kind of like it because it forces me to open and close my work hours with some reading. There’s lots of people who take transit actually. Usually in the mornings I see people talk to their friends, catch up on some shut eye, listen to music and of course I see women fixing their makeup(I’ll refrain from making judgments on whether this is appropriate or not). I’m usually one of the few who has a my tablet whipped out and as always, reading through my never ending stack of journalism and research on investing, business, economics, science, politics, profiles etc.
People often ask me why I don’t read fiction? Now that being said, I used to love fiction as a child, and my parents used to buy me lots of books and read to me as well; my favorite fiction book is still ’20,000 leagues under the sea’, but when people ask me that question, I usually flip the question back at them, and typically find the answer to be the same-‘to get away from reality and enter a world where anything could happen.’
I’ve always found it to be the case that fiction readers are the ones who tend to be disappointed with their lives and try to get away to a world they wish they could have been part of. I never read fiction because I always feel that I’m not learning anything, but perhaps that’s not my true motivation. Maybe I’ll never find out the true answer to that question, but it’s definitely something to think about.
Why are you reading fiction?
