Reading

Same exact thing for me. I go through book binges, and then I quit reading. Recently got back into reading because I picked up The Fourth Turning. On page 30 and so far it's awesome.

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I became an avid reader like three months ago and I can't stop. I stopped watching tv and I don't spend much time on 4chan anymore.

Here's how I did it.

-Remember the average person reads like zero books a year. If you read 5 pages a day, you are 5 pages above the average person

-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure

-Read various books at the same time. When I grab a difficult book or one that makes me sleepy I grab another and switch. This should refresh your head. Keep them thematically different. I read economics and fiction.

-It isn't a race. Reading slowly won't make you sleepy that fast. Try to acknowledge what books are for you to read fast and which aren't.

-Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.

-Start with books highly discussed here so you feel motivated to discuss.

>>17759009
Happened to me after I started writing, reading became simply a task I have to do, so I am doing it mechanically and don't enjoy it that much anymore, basically normal books feel like schoolbooks for me now.

I guess time and the way how easy you get kicks out of other media forms is the reason for most other people. So the obvious solution would be to make time for it instead of stuff like vidya or series. If you can squeeze it in during commuting, even better. Taking physical books over ebooks can help too.

>>17759009

i was an avid reader. then during my senior year I read over 80 books.

since then I don't really read. i re-read my favorite book once, i read the books my ex wrote (legit author) and i read the 'behind the scenes' book for the movie 'the room' (actually did that in one day / sitting).

but other then that, nothing in 6 years, versus going through more than one a week back in the day.

>>17759041
Maybe I'm just missing that one book to spark my interest. I do tend to like more dry novels, and maybe that isn't helping.

>>17759051
I never thought of it like this? I always dismiss baby steps rven though they usually help me in the end. I'll try this.

>>17759056
>>17759063
I'm not sure if thid counts, but I have read hundreds of wilipedia pages. From things like oceanography to gravitational time dilation. I feel like maybe now that I'm older I'm more open to nonfiction, which is something I own very little of.

This is some helpful stuff thanks!

>>17759051
>this meme
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-decline-of-the-american-book-lover/283222/
And this is about America, I bet people in other countries read much more.

Besides, 5 pages a day only works with VERY dense philosophical works, it's pretty stupid for fiction and pulls you out of the flow.

>>17759132
I wasn't going to read only 5 pages, OP btw. I was just thinking reading for 30 min to an hour.

I obviously wouldn't limit myself once the spark came back, but that's the whole problem to begin with.