Zoomer hereHow do I read books? I have issues sitting still and focusing for enough time to actually get it done. Throughout school I was only given passages and small excerpts. Not once in HS was I required to read an entire book. College kicked my ass first semester and I need to figure this shit out.
>>24993892Trick question. How do you have discipline? In addition, what do you have discipline for? Surely you have some ambition worth fighting for, anon.
>>24993892Force yourself to read a little longer than you're comfortable with, and have a reading schedule. Keep doing it and you'll be able to read for longer and longer periods. It's like exercise.
>>24993892Break it into smaller chunks. I am against the concept of long sprawling narratives and hundreds of pages of monstrous prose, but a chapter here, a chapter there, and suddenly you're done the book. I personally like anthologies and collections where I can flip around at my leisure. There's nothing wrong with that.
>>24993892Install an ebook reader on your phone (I like Lithium on Android) and download whatever looks interesting on Project Gutenberg.Then whenever you're on your phone fucking around, open up Lithium and read a few pages instead of opening up tiktok or reddit or whatever you waste time on. Read it in bed instead of watching youtube
>>24993892As a zoomer myself, practice. That's literally it. Just sit down and read for as long as you can, and soon enough, you will be reading for hours a day.
Millenial here. I didn't came here to help you, I came to post a similar thread. I also have lots of problems, I sometimes read 30% of a bookt and then go a few days without it, then I don't remember anything anymore.It's not even about boring/bad books. Sometimes a good book has some great sentences, I need to stop and think about it for a while, so I slug my way through the pages.
>>24993892It's completely possible. What you have to do is reduce screen time and increase time sittting, thinking, meditating, reading. IT can start gradual like 15 minutes and you can work your way up to like an hour or more. You will end up losing it if you get too screened out again but our brains are malleable.
>>24993892unc ahh question nigga think he at miller grove bruh
Unironically, read out loud. It forces you to engage with what is actually being read so your brain doesn't try to skim past stuff you think is boring. It's also good in the long run because it trains your brain to actually remember and retain what you have read.If you live with people who will think you are schizo for doing this, just mouth the words.
>>24993892Identify a subject of genuine interest to you, use search engines to identify seminal books on the subject, and keep a schedule of a set minimum amount of pages per day. I would recommend reading before bed, because anybody can do that, but maybe also in the mornings if you're able
>>24993892Take your fatass outside and get some exercise until you can barely move. Then you won't have that problem.Also, 10 mg of creatine a day can help with concentration problems.
ask chatGPT to summarize the book that's literally all you need to do
>>24993892>How do I read books?1. You pick up a book (digital or printed)2. You read one page3. You read the next page4. Repeat 2 and 3 until there are no more pages to read>I have issues sitting still and focusing for enough time to actually get it done.More like the issue is that whatever you are reading is some boring garbage from the /lit/ top 100, if you have to force yourself to read and reading itself is a slog then you are ngmi.To be fair it's pretty much of matter of time investment, average speed is like 1-2 minutes per page so 1h+ of daily reading for 50 pages.It also depends on how the text flows, if it's a technical manual or non-fiction that must be analyzed further then you will obviously read much slower than fiction in your native (relatively modern) language for instance.So what you should really be asking is not how to improve focus (since you already have this ability since birth and you somehow convinced yourself that you lost it despite the fact that you wouldn't have made it this far in life if you truly didn't have it) but rather how to carve out blocks of time from your daily schedule and dedicate them to reading, you have to give up something and replace it with reading, it's as simple as thatAlso if you read books to unfuck your brain fog/lack of concentration/adhd/whatever you call that gay ass shit then you probably shouldn't even try, just be more present, consume online garbage less and you will be fine. If you are assigned a list of books to read for your college course then you just sit down and read them.>>24993981How about taking notes? I always write down interesting quotes or references.
>>24995534OP your post was too long and boring to finish. I will return to reading Behemoth, The Long Parliament.
>>24993892You will have to treat it like practice, which is fine, because with reading, you can practice and perform the activity at the same time. And like all practice, a little bit every day is the key. Something like 15-20 minutes a day. And find something you enjoy reading, so it makes it easier to immerse yourself. >>24993932This is great advice as well. Also, a great book to read is The Shallow by Nicholas Carr. He talks about the internets influence on attention span, and how reading is like the anti-internet.
>>24993892Set aside a fixed amount of time (I usually do half an hour to an hour before bed, depending on what time it is), put your phone across the room or in another room Silenced or on DND, and sit comfortably in a distraction-free ambience (either silent or with atmospheric muzak in the background). Make tea, wear a robe, whatever lets you cozymaxx with your book of choice. Don't worry too much about how much you read in that time, just make sure you DO read. Once I get locked in I usually get up to about 80 seconds per page, but I've also had nights where I only read 10 pages in an hour because I'm tired.
>>24993892just put your phone in another room. having to get up and go get it rather than reach into your pocket makes a huge difference.
