This is generally true for me. I try to set aside half an hour of precious time for reading, but I get to read a lot more each day if I choose shorter articles. So to capture me an article that is longer than 5 minutes really needs to be outstanding and I don't think I've ever read an article over 7 minutes!

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Sarah FitzGerald
Sarah FitzGerald

Written by Sarah FitzGerald

I write funny things about parenting and well researched things about linguistics

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