Comments on: Forgetting https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 06 Aug 2021 20:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-242339 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 20:43:55 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-242339 In reply to Laura.

@Laura – it’s translated by Ann Dunnigan. The Signet Classic edition. So far seems pretty good!

]]> By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-242293 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:24:10 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-242293 Laura, what translation of War and Peace are you reading? I have wanted to read the book for a while and I think your approach to tackling it is very doable.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-242199 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:12:59 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-242199 In reply to Nicole Vinson.

@Nicole – yep, we all run out of steam, and I have to keep reminding myself of that too. I’m actually writing that chapter next week, the “Batch the little things” one.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-242198 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:11:48 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-242198 In reply to Jammy.

@Jammy- very, very human. Trust me! And this was an easy streak to double up on. Right now I’m in the midst of the battle of Borodino and the chapters are swift!

]]> By: Barbara Pickett https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-242074 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:54:06 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-242074 Thank you for all of your emails. When I do get to them I really enjoy them.

Barbara

]]> By: Barbara Pickett https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-242073 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:52:11 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-242073 Thank you for sharing this. I break my streaks much easier than you. Though, sometimes I can have rather long streaks. I am impressed with how you stick to your streaks. It is nice to hear about someone else’s streaks.

I opened your email because I had read about a book by the same title as your email but with a subtitle. (I do not get all of your emails read.) It is entitled “Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering” by Scott A. Small. So even though your streak was broken there may be other benefits to you forgetting those two items.

]]> By: Cathy https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-241969 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:45:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-241969 Laura, I love how well this illustrates your priorities of family and flexibility over perfect streaks (even if you weren’t conscious of that at the time)! Also admirable: getting right back on the horse again. That can be more difficult than maintaining a streak in the first place.

]]> By: Jammy https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-241938 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:53:53 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-241938 Yay! Proof that Laura is a human 🙂 And glad you are gaining steam on Tranquility by Tuesday. I knew before I read the end that you would double up the next day.

]]> By: Nicole Vinson https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-241908 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:14:17 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-241908 Maybe your brain was on “Eat the Frog” mode? After your podcast episode about doing the critical thing at the right time, it could be that you were zoned in on making progress on Tranquility by Tuesday when you had a nice time block. I loved the episode, “You will run out of steam” and I am using the wisdom shared as I plan my days. Once again very sound advice/ common sense but when phrased by Laura, I am motivated!

P.S. I totally love that you just doubled up today.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/08/forgetting/#comment-241903 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:41:04 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18139#comment-241903 In reply to Anne.

@Anne – woo hoo! I hope you love it. We gobble down the Maine Lobster Rolls (though my 11-year-old is partial to the Connecticut version…)

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