I have a lot of books to read, mainly crime thrillers . I have started several books but getting through a book to the end is the problem. It’s like it requires too much effort to do so . I don’t know whether this is an illness effect or due to years of mentally flitting from topic to topic on the internet and not concentrating for long periods of time on any one thing.
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Yeah it can be hard I have short attention span and don’t like to sit down long. They have this new thing digitally where they send you a chapter a day in your inbox only takes about 10 minutes check it out at your library!
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i’m a bit like this as well. i buy a lot of books, from on-line & around the charity & book shops. Mainly on spirituality & psychology & reference.
Sometime i’ll read a book right through - often i skim them, or just read parts of them. i often have started a book & read half or a quarter & then stop reading it - or read the last chapter. i don’t think it matters. i like books & like to collect them - if i had the space & money i’d collect a library of thousands - i have over 600 as it is.
i tend to research & look up a lot of stuff on-line as well & cross reference everything.
I have had problems with gaming addiction and porn too.Two months ago I started buying in game currency,I had spent 800Usd the past two months because of gaming and shopping addiction
Yesterday,I take a step and ordered a book on Amazon,title is:Man Disconnected: How technology has sabotaged what it means to be male
Philip Zimbardo
I really hope I can gain knowledge and some information to help kick away my addiction,thanks
I use to read a lot but think I’ve exchanged reading books for the net these days. I do seem to appreciate and enjoy reading a good book much more though. When I do find the time and motivate to read one. I do also prefer to read on public transport for long trips. As gives me something to pass the time.
I keep wanting to spend more time reading. Hopefully I’ll get around to it.
Reading is a good habit,but lots of reading might be boring
This is a major issue for me, starting books and then not finishing them - I get distracted and bored very easily
It took a while to strengthen my concentration and comprehension… I think reading the sound bites off the internet make it harder for me to go back to reading longer more in depth stuff…
I do enjoy reading again. Some times I just don’t have it in me to finish a book.