It’s because p much noone reads books just for the joy of it anymore. I don’t either, and i actually love reading, one of my biggest interests growing up, classic ‘binge about 500 pages in a week’ kid. It’s taken me 3 months to reread the first LOTR book, took me 3 weeks as a teen.
Brain not broke. Priorities changed, and it’s okay.
As someone who has always loved reading, books just aren’t something you can multitask. And before anyone says “stop multitasking; people don’t actually multitask as well as they think they do,” it really depends on what tasks you’re pairing together. I can pair audiobooks with driving, dishes, laundry, etc. and feel like I’ve not hurt either task one bit while gaining time back, so that’s how I consume most of my books.
I think there’s still something to gain by sitting down and devoting yourself to actually reading a book, but I think it’s okay to save that for the very rare book that’s special to you for whatever reason and take your time doing so. And yes, LOTR is one of those for me too.
I had the same problem until I started using the internet less. While I don’t quite read as much as I used to, It is way more than I did a few years ago,
It’s because p much noone reads books just for the joy of it anymore. I don’t either, and i actually love reading, one of my biggest interests growing up, classic ‘binge about 500 pages in a week’ kid. It’s taken me 3 months to reread the first LOTR book, took me 3 weeks as a teen.
Brain broke, what do 🤷
Brain not broke. Priorities changed, and it’s okay.
As someone who has always loved reading, books just aren’t something you can multitask. And before anyone says “stop multitasking; people don’t actually multitask as well as they think they do,” it really depends on what tasks you’re pairing together. I can pair audiobooks with driving, dishes, laundry, etc. and feel like I’ve not hurt either task one bit while gaining time back, so that’s how I consume most of my books.
I think there’s still something to gain by sitting down and devoting yourself to actually reading a book, but I think it’s okay to save that for the very rare book that’s special to you for whatever reason and take your time doing so. And yes, LOTR is one of those for me too.
I had the same problem until I started using the internet less. While I don’t quite read as much as I used to, It is way more than I did a few years ago,