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Ep 471: Don't let perfectionism ruin your reading life

2025/3/25
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Anne Bogle
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Casey
一名专注于银行与金融实践的律师助理，擅长公私伙伴关系项目咨询。
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Anne Bogle: 我相信很多读者都会对Casey在阅读生活中与完美主义作斗争的经历产生共鸣。她倾向于把好书留到以后再读，等到时机完全成熟。但她知道时间有限，必须决定现在读什么书，以及如何促使自己真正去读。 我们探讨了完美主义对阅读生活的影响，以及如何克服这种困境。Casey分享了她如何通过制定阅读计划、同时阅读多本书籍、放弃读不下去的书等方法来改善自己的阅读体验。她还谈到了‘迷你暴露疗法’，例如偶尔不化妆出门，以此来挑战自己对完美的追求。 此外，我们还讨论了阅读中放弃书籍的重要性，以及如何从阅读中获得乐趣和满足感。Casey的经历和经验为我们提供了宝贵的启示，让我们更好地理解和管理自己的阅读生活。 Casey: 我大部分时间都是一个以成就为导向的读者，喜欢完成阅读清单上的书籍，并从中获得成就感。我曾经试图阅读所有普利策奖获奖作品，以此为目标。2019年，完成了一些阅读项目后，我开始反思自己的阅读方式，并尝试找到让自己快乐的阅读方式。 在阅读生活中，我与完美主义作斗争，总是等到所有条件都完美了才开始阅读自己期待已久的书。这导致我错过了很多阅读的机会。我开始意识到生命的有限性，并尝试着去阅读那些一直放在书架上未读的书。 为了克服完美主义，我尝试了‘迷你暴露疗法’，例如偶尔不化妆出门，以此来挑战自己对完美的追求。我还开始制定阅读计划，并允许自己放弃那些读不下去的书，不再只做‘情绪阅读’。同时阅读多本书籍也让我感觉更轻松，减少了对选择‘完美书籍’的焦虑。 放弃读不下去的书是一种很好的阅读策略，这能让我节省时间，阅读更多其他书籍。通过治疗，我开始理解自己和家人的一些问题，并对自身有了更多的同情和理解。我意识到自己并非家庭问题的唯一原因，这让我减轻了负担，并对自身有了更多的同情。

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Casey discusses her struggles with perfectionism and how it impacts her reading life. She explains how she saves highly anticipated books for a 'perfect' time that never comes, highlighting the importance of reading in the present.
  • Perfectionism can manifest in unexpected ways, such as saving books for a never-arriving 'perfect' moment.
  • Overcoming perfectionism involves accepting imperfection and enjoying the present.
  • Multiple books at a time can alleviate pressure to choose the absolute perfect book.

Shownotes Transcript

Over the past few years, today's guest has been on a journey of self-discovery. Florida reader Casey has been working on coming to terms with her perfectionism and along the way, she's been noticing what it means for her reading life.

Casey's noticed she tends to save highly anticipated books for later: some uncertain time down the road when circumstances make the timing at long last completely perfect to pick up that book she's really been wanting to read.

But Casey knows firsthand that our time is limited, and it is a certainty she'll run out of time to read everything she wants to. So, how to decide what should she read right now, and how can she prompt herself to actually read those books?

Today, she and Anne explore these readerly struggles, with special emphasis on finding backlist titles that are a little bit weird, a little bit whimsical, and that just might take Casey by surprise.

Find the list of titles mentioned today and leave your suggestions for Casey over on our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/471).

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