On page 20 of "Steal Like an Artist", Kleon suggests that one should always be reading. I couldn't agree more as reading not only expands your ideas, but also can help you be articulate when speaking and also become a good writer. Unfortunately, I know I do not read nearly enough as I should be. Growing up my parents owned a small restaurant and so they did not have the time to read to me, so I just watched TV as they worked all day. That got me into the bad habit always preferring to watch TV or playing video games over reading. I am convinced that I would be more expressive with my ideas, be able to debate better, have a better memory, and be a better writer if I had read more as a child and as an adult. At one point I did get better and read ever night before bed, but then my mom insisted on getting me an iPad (cause that's what all the cool people got) and it all downhill from there.
I went to Parkland's library and got some books that seemed interesting to me. Some of them are design books, but the others are kind of random, but seem intriguing based on their covers and/or description. The one I will probably read is one of the design books since I could apply it to my classes, and since I will be graduating soon, I could use all the design related knowledge I can get.
There are also a bunch of books that I have been wanting to read but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Some of them I was supposed to read in high school, but never did in my classes for some reason. Others I have seen other people read, and therefore I want to read as well. Here are some that come to mind, but I will probably try reading the books I already have at home before going out and buying any of these.
In the back of "Steal Like an Artist", Kleon made some recommendations on what books to read. After looking up what each one was about, I am eager to get a hold of "Rework" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, and "Ignore Everybody" by Hugh MacLeod. Both of them sound interesting to read and can hopefully help and/or improve my creative process and to help me think more like a designer.
I really hope that when my life becomes stable, hopefully with a decent job, that I will start reading regularly. The covers and descriptions can be so interesting, but I just have a hard time focusing all my attention on reading text for a long period of time, but I really want to. This is also probably the source of my procrastination problem now that I think about it, or at least part of it. Perhaps tonight I will try to go to bed at a decent hour and read for a bit.
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