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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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It's really not that bad of advice. But commit, at least for me, isn't the greatest word. Don't commit, do it when you feel. And eventually your ambition will materialize.
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sniff sniiff
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>>8662892
>this pasta again
This is some Barilla-level ubiquity
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>>8662946
I'm glad to see it perpetuated
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>>8662946
Just like the good old days
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>>8662892
>-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.
Publishing shill.
I've read more books thanks to my tablet and torrenting them.
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This never gets old
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>>8662892
I don't know why this post is so incredible. I think it might unironically be some type of literary masterpiece. It's hilarious, but I don't know why, exactly. The advice is very standard, and nothing is too autistic about it. But for some reason, we keep posting it, and will forever keep posting it. And it gets funnier each time. Where does the magic lie? Is this post the closest we have to approaching the absolute essence of memes?
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Thanks to this, I can no longer take anyone calling themselves an "avid reader" seriously.
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>>8662892
Murakami got me into reading a few years ago. His prose (translation) is so simple, bland and easy-to-understand that I kept on reading. So, that's basically what I recommend: Start with decent authors that have a simple prose. There's no need to hurry to read Eyepatch Man or Borges (although the latter isn't particularly hard to read).
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