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I read for 24 hours and all I got was this lousy Substack

I read for 24 hours and all I got was this lousy Substack

actually it's kind of a nice Substack

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Feb 27, 2025
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For all intents and purposes, I have two missions in life:

  • reading

  • challenging myself to read in ways and means no one asks for or wants

This was the guiding principle behind my 2022 mental breakdown attempt to see if I could read for 24 hours straight. And it’s how I came up with this concept.

The difference: I have plans this weekend. So the challenge is this:

How much can I read between now (Friday afternoon) and tomorrow (Saturday night)?

Only one way to find out.

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