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Has anyone ever attempted (and successfully completed) Ray Bradbury's challenge

>1 poem
>1 short story
>1 essay

before bed for 1000 nights?

>> No.20635539

No but I completed the Roy Bradbury challenge, which was letting Roy Bradbury put his finger up my ass. That's what Roy said anyway.

>> No.20635542

>>20635527
No but it sounds like a good challenge, I'll do it

>> No.20635988

>>20635539
tell roy you're suing

>> No.20636469

bump

>> No.20636484

>>20635527
Who the hell has time to read all that every night before sleeping?

>> No.20637161

>>20636484
Well I only slept about two hours last night, so that left plenty of time to read. Sleep disorders suck. Would not recommend.

>> No.20637171

>>20636484
Poem
>5 minutes
Essay
>30 - 60 minutes
Short Store
>30 - 60 minutes

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>>20635527
I've been reading 1 poem and 1 short story for 200 days so far. I can't find enough essays to read but I've read quite a few. I really liked Eudora Welty's essays.

>> No.20637350

Where do you even find that many quality short stories?

>> No.20637450

>>20635527
Who?

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>>20637350
ray bradburry has some

>> No.20637480

>>20636484
Everyone. Just turn off the internet and the TV. Assuming you work 9-5, M-F, then you get home around 6, eat around 7, and go to sleep around 10. That gives you 3 hours between dinner and going to sleep. In that time, you can easily read 1 poem, 1 short story, and 1 essay.

Though I'd argue you'd get the same benefit watching 1 music video, 1 high-quality youtube video of an educational nature, and 1 hour-long episode of an episodic television show. When you think of it that way, pretty much everyone comes pretty close to achieving the challenge.

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>>20637480
>Assuming you work 9-5, M-F
i hope you dont actually do that

>> No.20637511

>>20637486
Just using it as an example. Most people's work days are divided into 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of "leisure." That "leisure" time is often eaten up by getting ready for and traveling to and from work, plus meals, but unless you're really fucking up your work/life balance, you should have at least a 3-hour block of time for yourself every day, even on workdays.

>> No.20637851

>>20637350
Bradbury has a collection. He’s a phenomenal writer once you get into his less popular stuff. He wrote a short story a week for years.

>> No.20637894

>>20636484
Learn self-control, you lack-of-prefrontal-cortex, impulsive faggo