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.
thanks friend, i was thinking about this meme a few days ago, and couldn't remember it well enough to google for it
>>8510626
holy.....i want more
>>8510626
Where did you buy that Pepe?
what books are you currently reading?
>>8510626
Pepelicious... Memetastic...
This is the dawn of our art, ladies.
This is immensely helpful, thank you.
>>8510626
Thanks for the advice, friend
>>8510626
is this /lit/'s greatest contribution to culture?
>>8510626
Same as you, but here's how I did it :
-Never hang out with other people
-Do nothing meaningful with your life
-Maintain a solitary and boring lifestyle for several years
You'll be absolutely addicted to reading in no time !
>>8510626
>>8510761
Also, regarding this quote :
>Read various books at the same time
That is some tremendously awful advice. A book is best appreciated when it has the reader's full attention for its entire duration. It's how books are meant to be read. Nobody can truly enjoy a novel if they're constantly switching to something completely different and ruining the mood.
>>8510761
my method as well
-feel very competitive
-feel depressed when you finish a book you liked so you start a new one soon
>>8510766
I mean you do it every day, you read stuff online or in magazines or wherever and then go back to reading. I wouldn't recommend reading multiple novels at a time, maybe a short story collection/poetry/light or short non-fiction.
>>8510665
i'm liking this new meme
keep it up JRposter
>>8510771
>feel very competitive
I'm very competitive at times with really autistic things, but reading isn't one of them. I just read because it's the only thing I can do all day every day and not get tired of doing.
>feel depressed when you finish a book you liked so you start a new one soon
Oh god, I know this feel so well. It always feels like it's going to be a rewarding accomplishment when the book is finished, but then it's only emptiness.
>>8510775
Yeah, I guess that's fair. But it's bad to advise people to do this. A novel is something that demands dedication.
>>8510746
Possibly the best contribution to 4Chan in general.
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32 years old
I only read in public transportation (subway, bus, trains) or while waiting in public places like banks.
I read about an hour and a half per day from monday to friday.
I am close to finished The Savages Detectives, i am in the part with the Spanish lawyer who quotes in latin.
Seeing the remaining pages get thinner and thinner depresses me, it is like watching a slow death.
>drink wine
>smoke cigarettes
>wear 50 year old unwashed clothing
>never shower
>never go outside
>on occassion use psychedelics and dissociatives
>tell small children how depressed they will be when they grow up
>remain celibate
>if you start to feel something that resembles happiness, remind yourself how shitty everything is and read more.
But actually, nicotine/alcohol gives me a better attention span while reading. The experience is better with a few drinks and some cigars, cigs, or a can of dip.
Ive also noticed the more depressed i get the more i read.
thanks for the tips
Thanks OP. Ive been trying
>>8510626
Stop this
>>8512138
Stop what
REMOVE WHITE NATIONALIST SYMBOLS FROM MY LIT
>>8510626
holy...i want more...
>>8511755
wow dude you smoke? That's so fucking literary haha I wish I could move out my bitch mom won't let me smoke haha
haha ok
wtf i love book now