Comments on: Completionist http://bakaitis.com/2009/12/02/completionist/ Equal opportunity employer of small and large words. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Walt http://bakaitis.com/2009/12/02/completionist/comment-page-1/#comment-37838 Walt Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:31:51 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2206#comment-37838 I try never to buy a book that I don't read(excluding those romances I occasionaly buy for my wife or those I may buy for others), it may take me a few weeks or even months,if it's a topic I am not enthused about,the same goes for library books, but since I actually put forth the effort to buy or borrow said book seems a pointless waste of said effort not to finish the thing. I try never to buy a book that I don’t read(excluding those romances I occasionaly buy for my wife or those I may buy for others), it may take me a few weeks or even months,if it’s a topic I am not enthused about,the same goes for library books, but since I actually put forth the effort to buy or borrow said book seems a pointless waste of said effort not to finish the thing.

]]> By: knwd http://bakaitis.com/2009/12/02/completionist/comment-page-1/#comment-37832 knwd Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:21:58 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2206#comment-37832 I guess I'm a completionist then-- It's pretty rare for me to buy a book and not read it, and I nearly always finish a book once I've started it. However, I guess the difference is that I don't aspire to anything that involves a struggle. I know I'm never going to be willing to slog my way through an "classic" that no one really likes, or some philosophical treatise, so I only pick books that I think I'm going to enjoy. So maybe that makes me a realist completionist. Or a completionist realist? I guess I’m a completionist then– It’s pretty rare for me to buy a book and not read it, and I nearly always finish a book once I’ve started it.

However, I guess the difference is that I don’t aspire to anything that involves a struggle. I know I’m never going to be willing to slog my way through an “classic” that no one really likes, or some philosophical treatise, so I only pick books that I think I’m going to enjoy.

So maybe that makes me a realist completionist. Or a completionist realist?

]]> By: Christy http://bakaitis.com/2009/12/02/completionist/comment-page-1/#comment-37831 Christy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:02:18 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2206#comment-37831 I had the same thought this very afternoon as I brought home a new library book, knowing that there were three unfinished books on the table. I finally finished 'Tropic of Cancer' this summer to the detriment of any interest I had in reading more Miller. Is 'The Master and Margarita' really going to get any easier to read? Will gutting my way through 'His Excellency: George Washington' really honor the founding father or mine, who gave it to me? I think not, but the completionist in me wails. I had the same thought this very afternoon as I brought home a new library book, knowing that there were three unfinished books on the table. I finally finished ‘Tropic of Cancer’ this summer to the detriment of any interest I had in reading more Miller. Is ‘The Master and Margarita’ really going to get any easier to read? Will gutting my way through ‘His Excellency: George Washington’ really honor the founding father or mine, who gave it to me? I think not, but the completionist in me wails.

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