I used to be able to read so much, now I can barely read 15 mins. Is it just a matter of quitting or reducing internet use? Have any of you been able to recover from this issue?
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just read senpai baka
I fixed this issue by being in med hold at air force boot camp for a month. There wasn't anything to do aside from reading or watching mediocre movies all day. We weren't even allowed to have our cell phones
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I found out that I still had the focus to study and read for hours I just had to separate myself from those existing distractions. Go outside and don't bring your phone with you. Go to a library or some similar place and you'll find it made much easier.
I tried for years but I eventually gave up and now I just play video games all day.
Read something engaging and entertaining, dare I say, page turners. It'll recover fast.
Take amphetamines, unironically.
>take amphetamines to read
>end up posting on IQfy even faster
How do the people who ask questions like these use the internet? I solely use read only forums like Reddit ( :^) ) and IQfy and still have a perfectly fine attention-span, even with the 'tism, too.`
>reddit
I will never understand how the frick can anyone stand that place. Every single user of that side is a radical moralgay social-justice type to a point that borders on religious fanatism. Actual fricking insufferable people.
The main subs are ignored or used to erect a throbbing hatred boner.
Unfortunately most of the modern internet is purely for aggregators; you have to use services like that to actually form hopefully useful communities while still side-stepping stuff like discord. Example: r/credibledefense Like /k/ but higher quality and less fun; I won't mention any IQfy examples because there aren't any. r/truelit really is fricking awful.
Modern internet is shit through and through.
>modern internet
what the frick is wrong with you
you don't have any issues because it hasn't caught up to you. i was fine initially, the change was gradual. keep in mind, i'm a 30+ year old boomer.
My anecdotal success story: I started reading epubs on my smartphone and suddenly realized reading had become a compulsion for the first time in my life since I was a kid. Maybe because my brain didn't complain about lengthy material as long as it was getting signals from a screen. And having a whole library in my back pocket meant I could jump between books all day, read 10 pages from one, 10 from another. Not the best way to enjoy literature, but when you've spent years conditioning yourself to be a hopeless moron, literature through any medium can only be beneficial. Eventually I eased myself into books but I still do 2/3 of my reading on phone or kindle.
I do have to 'gamify' the experience by setting reading goals. On years where I don't set reading goals I don't read much at all. Years where I set ridiculous goals I usually reach them. My first year re-encountering reading, I read over 40 books. 2 years later I read over 100 (don't recommend this for obvious reasons).
Yeah you can rebuild it slowly but it's not a matter of self-discipline BS, you just gotta read books that genuinely interest you, even if it's popsci fluff, so getting to the end comes naturally instead of feeling like a chore. Then with each book you pick up you'll be able to sit for longer, and handle drier material.
>Have any of you been able to recover from this issue?
Avoiding social media entirely, since it rewards instant gratification, which I can say my mother cannot do. She uses her phone exclusively to read either news articles or Facebook in bed now for hours on end. I do remember when technology and the internet hadn't taken people's lives totally, is when she read books in the bathtub, which was around the early to mid 2000's. It’s sad thinking about it, I can’t even recall the last time she’s picked up a book.
Audiobooks.
If I am hooked while walking the dishes there is actually a chance I will actually sit down and swap to paper/ebook. There is zero change I will actually do this to start a book which is the hardest part
>Is it just a matter of quitting or reducing internet use? Have any of you been able to recover from this issue?
Yes, absolutely. I took a week off technology and the internet a few weeks ago and managed to read the whole Iliad in around 4 days, besides getting a lot of other shit done. To compare, I haven't even read a single book since I've come back online.
Why do I know that she's dutch? Is this the most typical dutch phenotype? I'm not even european.
Attention spans are a meme. If you like doing something you'll do it. I shitpost every day, because it's fun. But I also read every day because I enjoy reading. Shitposting hasn't affected that one tiny bit. My attention only wavers when a book sucks. But that's not my fault, it's the writer's.
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I went from reading fiction in my teens and 20s, to reading more non fiction later in life. I have been going back to fiction, reading Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, and I am really struggling to get through it.
>I used to be able to read so much
first of all, you need to define what you mean with "read"? Do you mean just your average "I totally read 300 books last year" bullshit, or do you mean read in the sense of "Make it Stick" where you actually remembered and reflected about what you read?
>now I can barely read 15 mins
>Have any of you been able to recover from this issue?
The secret of becoming a reading god is following the four elements of becoming a god like human
>staying physically fit
I highly recommend buying something like a training station (only a metal one like this https://www.amazon.com/BangTong-Li-Adjustable-Multi-Function-Equipment/dp/B07HF36TC1 where you have no moveable stuff that can be damaged over time). The important part is that it is in your room or somewhere, like in the kitchen, where you see it every day. If you go to the gym or have to leave your house to train, then you not only waste a lot of time, but you also have to go out of your way to do your daily training.
>eating healthy/having vitamins and minerals
This is very important. If you are lazy, just buy some multi vitamins and mineral pills (which are extremely cheap for under $30 for a whole year of 365 pills, of course only after talking about it with your doctor) and take one every day after you eat something and you should be good to go.
>have enough sleep
Sleep is important and reading when you are sleepy is the worst thing you can do. Rather sleep for an hour than read for an hour. But if you are awake, it's go time.
>reading WHAT YOU LIKE!
This is the biggest secret. Find out what you like. For example after reading Mistborn by Sanderson, it turns out I love reading about teenage/young adult women who have literal plot armor (I only read it because it was considered part of the Archive series and Reddit as well as /sffg/ seemed to either see Sanderson as number one fantasy writer no.1, or at least as a good read. I actually just wanted to get into fantasy and now I found a plot I somehow love). The Mistborn trilogy alone literally increased my attention span from maybe an hour to even fricking 6 hours straight in full concentration. But again, the secret is finding the right genre+plot for you. Hell, if you just love to read some gore shit show, then read this. The only thing that matters is that you love the whole package from the content to the writing style.
The most insane part is that Mistborn even made me a better reader for boring scientific books. But the only reason Mistborn was such a gift for me is because it exactly hit something I never thought I wanted. I started with the Lord of the Rings, and it is great, but Mistborn really hit me in the right spot.
After Mistborn I have a large collection of fantasy books (including all of Sanderson books, which I never though would like) and hope that I will find maybe even something I will like even more, because the attention span gains are insane.
i remember someone from lit or fit had a website describing his recommendations for training, diet, reading tips. i forgot the url but remember it was a purple/dark blue background and web-like meshed index pages