Not An Avid Reader Anymore

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A few days back, I met an old friend from school days who inquired about the recent book titles that I read. "Sadly I don't get to read much," I said disappointingly showing him the book I am reading- 'Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman'.
Actually, we both are kind of regular readers. During my school and engineering days, I used to read a lot of books, even won an award from school which was 'Avid Reader Of The School.' But my interest in books has kind of faded and my friend reads more books than I do. I don't feel like reading much. In 2016, I read only 3-4 books and around a similar number of books this year. One thing that is responsible for the lesser number is my changing interests, I prefer to read little heavy books these days which require me to read their chapters again and again to understand...I have been reading books on Buddhism, Psychology, and so on...Ph.D. in Behavioral Science is something that has been in my mind for some time, of course part-time! But I don't have the courage to go back to education again :p plus once you get into the job, you enjoy the flow of money...I was almost ready to apply this year, even wrote to a prof expressing my interest and asking for details! But I just stopped there because I wanted to think more about this decision. And I haven't come to a positive conclusion yet...
Let's see. I hope I read a little more books in the coming months...