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“Recreational reading habit” is a loose term. (As an analogy “Asia” actually refers to many distinct regions like Indian subcontinent, S.E.Aaia etc.) The current (last 5Y) sample of identifiable content domains for reading :

• tech (career-oriented) reading .. is a leading exclusion.
• .. ▲C/C++ .. special compared to java
• .. ▼new tech .. tend to be more recreational, including python
• wellness .. brain gym, early preparation for aging… magazines like RafflesMedical
• [8  ]▲parenting .. Blogging > magazines
• [10]▲personal finance .. Blogging > magazines
• [3  ]▲wellness .. Blogging > magazines
• [30] self-help .. motivation, reconciliation, time mgmt.. Blogging
• [30] Ch/En vocab, literature, pictorial _ancient_ history; science; textbooks on econs/psychology/finance.. magazines > textbooks
• [20] Greater China (and U.S.) contemporary history/society/economy.. magazines
• [10 = 10Y reading interest]

— energy sinks .. are a superset of recreations
[z=zqbx recreation. Recreations can be consistent or inconsistent with zqbx.]

I tend to watch video, browse online or blog for a break (from work  or study), but now I think reading a is superior break.

— alternative_to ⇒ [!z] movies or shopping in TPY central .. Reading as an alternative reward, unwind. Some people even take a reading vacation… am warming up to it.
sugg: go to bus interchange, or McDonald, or MRT
— alternative_to ⇒ online reading + blogging
For more than 50% of the topics I’m learning, books/magazines are more in-depth, much easier for _DRAM_refresh_
Advantage of online reading is the possibility of blogging. Online reading often involves wikipedia++ and curiositySou
— alternative_to ⇒ [!z] video_xx
— alternative_to ⇒ [!z] online news reading (+ curiosity search) .. Magazine/newspaper/online news reading is far less focused than magazines or books, and often degenerates into aimless curiosity reading. Very poor ROTI (short or long-term)

News is a huge and established industry as folks like to know and talk about news. There’s a lot of effort by credible writers.  Therefore, there’s valuable content but we must be selective to maintain a minimum ROTI.

— competition ⇒ [   ] frenDialog by email (better than chat) + blogging
— competition ⇒ [!z] frenDialog by phone or meet-up
half of my peers (young or old) seem to spend bulk of “disposable leisure time” on meet-up and phone calls. I know myself. I derive more joy/satisfaction from other recreations

— competition: inferior_to ⇒ [z] workout
reading habit can easily lead to wellness stagnation [implies slow decline due to aging]
— competition: inferior_to ⇒ [z] self-learning music.. Learning takes huge amount of time but is accumulative.
— #1 competition ⇒ recreational[3] blogging .. blogging is more active and accumulative. I can revise my opinions in my own words.
Over the long term, blogging (not reading) improves your 1) expressive/articulation capabilities in specific languages … 2) complex thought-organization
[3] non-gz

— minor competitions
⇒ [z] exp recon
⇒ [z] recreational investing