Here are 5 things I learned reading: Still Writing, By: Dani Shapiro.

1. The proper writing goals can give one a need perspective.

2. Some of the best writing skills are not even about writing.

3. The question: “Still writing?” is logical to a non-writer. Of course, a writer is still writing. That’s what writers do.

4. Developing a writing pattern is one way to keep going.

5. Writing will most likely not get easier.

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Here are 5 things I learned reading: How To Think, By: Alan Jacobs.

1. I want to be a person who is skeptical but kind.

2. Most of academic life is nothing but meeting expectations.

3. Independent thinking is impossible.

4. To think has no real guarantees.

5. Many people’s ideas are just not quite right.

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