A lot of Christians do a daily devotional and read a few chapters of their Bible every morning and sat a prayer. Theory is not dogma, but the idea of reading a small excerpt (3 pages or so) of something and spending a few minutes digesting it is worthwhile.
An enterprising comrade could consider publishing a collection of such excerpts, with commentary and cross references to go with it.
This was exactly what I was gonna say. Read a page before bed, maybe jot down how you feel about it on a piece of paper or a journal. Then go to sleep and re-read your notes when you wake up. Maybe re-read the page if you're feeling up to it. Maybe revise your notes. These books are often decades or over a century old. They're not going anywhere. If you're "reading theory" but blazing through it so fast you retain none of the knowledge you're just reading it the same way you'd read it for some boring highschool style test. Nobody's going to test you on this, except gatekeeping assholes that you should be ignoring to begin with. Read it for yourself, at whatever pace suits you.
Edit: And if your notes just say "didn't like this page, it was boring" that's a valid note! Keep it! You are entitled to your opinions. Like I said, there's not going to be a test. Do it for yourself.
A lot of Christians do a daily devotional and read a few chapters of their Bible every morning and sat a prayer. Theory is not dogma, but the idea of reading a small excerpt (3 pages or so) of something and spending a few minutes digesting it is worthwhile.
An enterprising comrade could consider publishing a collection of such excerpts, with commentary and cross references to go with it.
This was exactly what I was gonna say. Read a page before bed, maybe jot down how you feel about it on a piece of paper or a journal. Then go to sleep and re-read your notes when you wake up. Maybe re-read the page if you're feeling up to it. Maybe revise your notes. These books are often decades or over a century old. They're not going anywhere. If you're "reading theory" but blazing through it so fast you retain none of the knowledge you're just reading it the same way you'd read it for some boring highschool style test. Nobody's going to test you on this, except gatekeeping assholes that you should be ignoring to begin with. Read it for yourself, at whatever pace suits you.
Edit: And if your notes just say "didn't like this page, it was boring" that's a valid note! Keep it! You are entitled to your opinions. Like I said, there's not going to be a test. Do it for yourself.