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How to get over the "I just wa(...) 04/26/24(Fri)03:26:06 No.23326236

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How to get over the "I just want to get this over with" mentality? Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)03:26:06 No.23326236 Archived

I have noticed multiple times, mostly with longer books but not limited to them, that I tend to enter a state of mind where I just want to finish the book as quickly as possible and reach the end. It doesn't matter how much I'm enjoying the text; it just happens subconsciously. Sometimes I spend 3 minutes per page, but as I near the end, it sometimes falls below 30 seconds! Has anyone else experienced this? How do I stop doing it? Or am I retarded and is it over for me?

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)03:54:35 No.23326310

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)03:54:35 No.23326310

Read stuff you actually enjoy?

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)04:10:47 No.23326340

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)04:10:47 No.23326340

>>23326310
>It doesn't matter how much I'm enjoying the text; it just happens subconsciously

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)04:14:50 No.23326348

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)04:14:50 No.23326348

>>23326340
If you aren't fully absorbed in the book you aren't enjoying it

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)04:23:44 No.23326366

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)04:23:44 No.23326366

>>23326348
I don't think I can explain it very well, but I'm enjoying the text, and I do want to read more. However, the further I progress, the faster I read and the more I find myself skimming. I have even tried sfg slop and it still keeps happening.
Maybe books just aren't for me....

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)04:58:52 No.23326421

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)04:58:52 No.23326421

>>23326366
if you are invested in what you are reading, you wouldnt skip anything

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)05:03:30 No.23326428

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)05:03:30 No.23326428

What if you read stuff you enjoy instead of forcing yourself to read?

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)05:49:12 No.23326499

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)05:49:12 No.23326499

>>23326236
>Sometimes I spend 3 minutes per page, but as I near the end, it sometimes falls below 30 seconds!
I don't think this is a bad thing, for me this is just a part of being drawn into a book. If a book doesn't get me "zoned in" to that point the further I get into it it's a sign that I'm not really into it.

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)05:57:40 No.23326513

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)05:57:40 No.23326513

>>23326499
he's talking about skimming pages, not actually comprehending anything

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)06:34:34 No.23326551

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)06:34:34 No.23326551

>>23326310
Enjoyment doesn't exist

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)07:27:14 No.23326613

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)07:27:14 No.23326613

>>23326236
>>23326340
ok retard, which books?

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)08:33:11 No.23326746

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)08:33:11 No.23326746

>>23326613
Some of my recent reads:
>The Haunting of Hill House
>The First Crusade: A New History
>Chess Story
>The Door Into Summer
>Macbeth (reread)
>The Death of Ivan Ilyich
>The Housemaid's Secret (no comment)
>The Mysterious Affair at Styles
>As I lay Dying
>On Liberty (fell asleep thrice)

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)11:41:24 No.23327248

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)11:41:24 No.23327248

>>23326366
>>23326236
I USED TO BE THE SAME. No the problem isnt what you're reading, ive read some of my favourite books with that feeling. I still have it a little when im reading something quite dry. All i can say is keep reading until you're get through it because it will go. READ CONSISTENTLY

Anonymous
04/26/24(Fri)14:52:08 No.23327839

Anonymous 04/26/24(Fri)14:52:08 No.23327839

>>23326551
gay