# speed reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-reading/26346 "2007-03-23T05:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Schema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-reading/26346/4 "2007-03-23T06:49:44Z")
[quote=“TgDn32,post:3,topic:26346"”] About the zoning out thing, it happens to me when I’m reading something that I would rather not be, say my accounting book, but I can say I never remembered anything while I was zoned out. [/quote] Actually, most speed reading techniques should really only be applied to non-ficton or “story” books (like history or something). There’s a key difference in reading text to see see a picture, and reading text to understand a concept. I never “speed read” on those kind of books either. Also, it’s not really zoning out when I made reference to reading, that was more of a point that you’re doing something without a second thought. My reference to me doing so was an indication of prime reading- I didn’t zone out, I understood what was going on, hence it playing like a movie in my head instead of staring at words on paper. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-reading/26346)._