Read Daily

If you read for 30 minutes a day, that's a good habit.  

If you read something challenging for 30 minutes a day, that's a better habit.

Here are some tidbits for your mind to nibble on:

1. The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The lectures that Richard Feynman delivered at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963 are inspirational. His book, Six Easy Pieces, is a compilation of those considered to be most accessible. Here are links to these six lectures (If these whet your interest, the California Institute of Technology has generously posted all 115 of his lectures on physics):
1. Atoms in Motion (Volume I, Chapter 1) (audio)
2. Basic Physics (Volume I, Chapter 2) (audio)
3. The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences (Volume I, Chapter 3) (audio)
4. Conservation of Energy (Volume I, Chapter 4) (audio)
5. The Theory of Gravitation (Volume I, Chapter 7) (audio)
6. Quantum Behavior (Volume I, Chapter 37)
2. coursera offers over 7,000 online courses:
1. Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot
2. Writing for Young Readers
3. Meditation
4. Greek and Roman Mythology
5. Songwriting
6. Modern Art and Ideas
3. MIT Opencourseware (OCW): Provides access to over 2500 courses. A few that catch my attention:
1. The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture
2. Fundamentals of Music
3. Harmony and Counterpoint
4. Introduction to Musical Composition
5. Playwriting
6. The Creative Spark
7. Introduction to the Visual Arts
8. Language and mind
4. Harvard offers some free online courses:
1. Masterpieces of World Literature (available through March 15, 2022)
2. Shakespeare's Hamlet: the Ghost (available through April 1, 2022)
3. Causal Diagrams: Draw Your Assumptions Before Your Conclusions (hosted by edX)
5. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

As I am compiling this list of lectures and articles to read I realize that I may be motivated enough to 'interact' with the content.  This means taking notes, writing thoughts and describing feelings that the readings incite. Which leads to

1. Doing research:
1. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
2. Writing and Citation Guides: 
1. Penn State University libraries
2. scribbr (a commercial editing and proofing site)
3. Evaluating resources: Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose (The CRAAP test)