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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.
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>counting the number of pages you read
I seriously hope you guys batting cage Costanza
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>>8418164
The average American reads 5 books a year; only like 25% don't read at all. Where do people get the notion that no one reads?
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>>8418164
if half the anons on /lit/ followed this meme itd probs be a better place. of course, someone makes the post im making every time, so just meme me up boys.
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I tried this once. I started with 10 pages a day and quickly it became a book a week. But then I stopped. I got an empty feeling every time I finished a book and left the world/characters I had become attached to and gotten to know behind.
It also occurred to me that while I enjoyed reading in the moment, focusing on text and stories meant that the world around me was changing and improving while I was just stagnating. There are so many better things to do with your time than keep your nose in the books. That's why reading books is like playing video games for me - ultimately unfulfilling and vacuous. I don't really read anymore. I try to spend time improving myself in other ways like socially or hobbies that can lead to social gratification (like sign language, other languages, instruments, fashion, etc).
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>>8418197
That's why you should read real literature, which will leave you with thoughts on what the writer wanted to convey and the themes in the book. Characters and settings only exist to carry the deeper meaning within a book.
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