sometimes i donāt read for MONTHS. soemtiems (right now) i can read 2 novels in a day (but i am a fast reader so donāt use this as a metric). itās ok to take it slow and read for 5 minutes a day. even if itās not a book. like a nice article or something. get the gears turning again.
also my roommate LOVES audiobooks sheās a freak about them so that could be a nice way to read if you tend to get distracted.
but yeah i think the biggest thing is do not pressure yourself to do more than you can because it will become a chore and reading shouldnāt feel like a chore. maybe read once a week. who knows schedule it around your life
Mar 8, 2024
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Start small. I got back into reading this year by reading a lot of novellas and short story collections. No more than 200 pages long. It really felt like I was having to rewire my brain because Iād been out of practice with reading. Find a book that intrigues you (if you want to read graphic novels read graphic novels! youāll get to your friendās recs in time) and carry it with you everywhere you go. Then (and I know this sounds ridiculous) you just have to actively choose to read the book. I have to be like āok weāre putting the phone away now and we are going to read 10 pagesā sometimes I read more and sometimes I hit my quota and ditch the book for the day. I made a goodreads and you can set a reading goal challenge (which Iām now behind on) and thatās kinda fun.
Oct 20, 2024
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I have gone long stretches without reading and what helps me get back to it is usually a comic book or graphic novel. Also thereās no wrong way to read, you can read whatever you want. Donāt pressure yourself to read a certain amount or certain genres.
Apr 11, 2025
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not an avid reader (~3-4 books / year, trying to get that number up) but the things that have really invigorated my reading when it feels like a chore to get started:
- reading books that arenāt challenging to start off. all about love and the will to change by bell hooks were the first books i was able to successfully finish in like, years bc her writing style is very colloquial despite the subject matter being very dense. similarly, finding a fun fantasy book (or other genre fiction) to get back in the practice of turning pages and āwanting to find out what comes nextā is gonna be paramount to being able to do that for books that are gonna require a little more give from you down the line (havenāt read a physical book in over six months so personally going to start legends and lattes soon to try and trick my brain into not thinking books are time-consuming and scary)
- audiobooks; for me at least reading requires too much visual processing + āsitting stillā time that i canāt multi-task and read, so i have to schedule when iām gonna try and do it (unlike tv where you can have it on in the background as you do dishes or working from home or something and can look up periodically) - taking a chunk of podcast + music time and replacing it with audiobooks has been a game changer bc i now read at the gym, at the office, and in transit <30 min long bc i have to track what station iām at or see where iām going
Mar 28, 2024
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specifically in high school i am behind 3 girls who are in high school and i donāt think i would survive it if i were their age again
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