Thank you for the positive review and good questions (and please forgive the lateness of this reply).
In reply:
there are certainly times where I am not in the mood for a specific random choice. When that happens, I allow myself one more random selection. Because I have set the sublists for maximal variety (i.e. There is only one “cosmic horror story” category) the next selection usually is something I find compelling and interesting enough to complete.
In the rare case where the second selection is still not interesting, I try to reflect on why, and ask myself whether what I want is actually a different kind of break or distraction—watching a short video, listening to music or a podcast, going for a walk, talking with a friend.
I am uncertain of how it would work for longer works. If a short story is quite long, such as a novella, I will keep reading it at each reading break until I finish it. I do use the technique for picking novels to read though and have found it useful for that. For novels, I have a set time each day—the hour before I go to bed—that I use exclusively for reading novels.
Thank you for the positive review and good questions (and please forgive the lateness of this reply).
In reply:
there are certainly times where I am not in the mood for a specific random choice. When that happens, I allow myself one more random selection. Because I have set the sublists for maximal variety (i.e. There is only one “cosmic horror story” category) the next selection usually is something I find compelling and interesting enough to complete.
In the rare case where the second selection is still not interesting, I try to reflect on why, and ask myself whether what I want is actually a different kind of break or distraction—watching a short video, listening to music or a podcast, going for a walk, talking with a friend.
I am uncertain of how it would work for longer works. If a short story is quite long, such as a novella, I will keep reading it at each reading break until I finish it. I do use the technique for picking novels to read though and have found it useful for that. For novels, I have a set time each day—the hour before I go to bed—that I use exclusively for reading novels.