# Books 2025 **Published by:** [READ|WRITE](https://rw.jjrz.dev/) **Published on:** 2025-12-28 **URL:** https://rw.jjrz.dev/books-2025 ## Content A friend about my age died before I turned 30. I went YOLO and focused on what it would be like to have little time left. There is a practice where you say 'one' as you breathe in, then 'less left.' My scrolling dropped to zero, my reading took off. I rushed to finish what I was reading so I could pick up the next. Now I don't do this anymore. Different practices have converged into lifting weights soon after I wake up. Less time is spent reading, fewer books are finished, and less value is placed on it. If I had to pick five:The brighter ones I haven't finish, the darker ones I'm not planning to: ## Publication Information - [READ|WRITE](https://rw.jjrz.dev/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://rw.jjrz.dev/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@jjrz): Subscribe to updates