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Has anyoen had any luck with managing to go back to being able to read, after not being able to read at all

I have never been super good at it (like reading a book, I can read, I just can't sit down and read a book) but I could at least finish a book before, mby when I was lik 10, which is almost 10 years ago so uknow

Its not that the books are boring or bad themselves, but I get super bored and unfocused and can read like 2 pages max, and then sometimes I haven't even gotten into my brain what im reading, its just like my eyes read but my brain does not

But I have a lot of books that I want to read, and that are actually good when I read them, but I just can't get myself to do it lol, but also I feel like its been a waste of money if I have like 10 books that I have either stopped 1/3rd in, or just never even started reading uknow, so I want to read them, but I need some tips or smth 😭
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Date: 12-10-2022 14:04
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I want this book still, but then again I have so many other books I need to read tbh but

https://www.amazon.com/Millennium-Gothic-Nostalgia-Project-Vol/dp/B0BGNH4KLG

I like listening to them read/tell the stories on youtube cus then I can do smth else meanwhile, but reading,,majjjajjajjj
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this happens to me a lot, honestly the only thing i can think of is to find a book that's 100% for me, which is rly difficult, but at least i'll be able to read it

also if i alr know i'm not gonna concentrate while reading, i'll put it off and won't read, even if it's gonna be like for weeks. i don't ever force myself bc i'll just end up hating the book etc 

it's hard to have like 100 books left to be read esp if u alr have them, trust me i've been there, but always take your time and patience, and obv if u start reading a book and u end up hating it, don't force yourself to finish reading it. you'll save time to start with another book instead
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Date: 12-10-2022 15:25
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MasileinDE wrote:
I've read 12% of my current reading project today (plus taking notes)
but yeah, I definitely agree, it has been sooooo much more difficult compared to ... 14 years ago??? When was even the last time I managed to read a book instead of small fanfictions, which can just be read in smaller bouts and don't require as much long term memory on anything.
But I feel like it's both just my stupidly high standards for anything and my inability to truly commit to most books. Luckily I only have few books I haven't actually read because I stopped buying new books before I stopped reading.
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Date: 12-10-2022 15:30
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MasileinDE wrote:
also, I don't know how big you are on non-fiction, but I found that I enjoy non-fiction reading way more, when I go at it from the perspective of "I need to read this to learn something new" and actively work on collecting notes on the subject.
Like, turning my obsession with learning stuff into the need to finish a book.

But I doubt that works well for fiction
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Date: 12-10-2022 15:31
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only time i could read consistently is when i had jobs that i was just kinda, a warm body in a room - so there was nothing else to do.

accepting that I don't like reading fiction was helpful, too.
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* prioritize reading books you're currently interested in reading, not the ones you feel you should read because you were interested in reading them before. You can come back to them later, but they are likely not going to make you stick with reading again. Having something that genuinely intrigues you and is not too difficult to read is usually a good place to start unless you have a particular liking for difficult books, which I can't relate to. 

* start by putting off regular time for it, if that is a number of pages, a chapter, or time to read every weekend or every night or morning. Or just, every time you pick up the book, tell yourself you will read at least one chapter (whatever fits you). Sometimes you just have to push through to get to the good parts of a book or experience for it to not feel like an uphill struggle.

* motivate yourself - give yourself a challenge to read 3 times a week or x pages a week and as long as you stick w something, you'll usually progress faster than if you just read 1 thing every now and then. and well, if you "win" you get to celebrate i guess

* sometimes, there's just a lot filling your mind, and it is normal to struggle with your attention then. It's really just a part of the experience, so you can always opt for waiting for potential calmer times of the year or even your day to try it. That's rly why I like evenings the most because then I'm done with the day and my brain puts away all the things I "should be doing" during the day.

* remove distractions - phones, music, chatter, etc. find a quiet place to sit where you can entirely focus on the book if you need. (you probably know your own ability to read with distractions around or you'll learn it if you try.)

* try other formats. if you travel a lot, getting a duplicate for audio or e-book can be helpful instead of always carrying a physical copy. it lets you use the travel time to progress w the book. there are also other good\bad sides of different formats, e.g. i find ebooks worse for my eyes but like anything I open on my phone, it's so small I naturally give it more attention than a larger-sized physical copy of a book. and audio is a hit and miss, since sometimes my brain make it into exhausting background noise and other times it is too captivating i nearly forget my bus stop.
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this happens to me a lot, honestly the only thing i can think of is to find a book that's 100% for me, which is rly difficult, but at least i'll be able to read it

also if i alr know i'm not gonna concentrate while reading, i'll put it off and won't read, even if it's gonna be like for weeks. i don't ever force myself bc i'll just end up hating the book etc 

it's hard to have like 100 books left to be read esp if u alr have them, trust me i've been there, but always take your time and patience, and obv if u start reading a book and u end up hating it, don't force yourself to finish reading it. you'll save time to start with another book instead
I will put it off for like a year, and by then I have forgotten averything in the book 😭
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Date: 12-10-2022 15:57
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sometimes I also find it helpful to read AND use the audiobook at the same time.
I have a lot of focus problems lol
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Date: 12-10-2022 15:58
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well yeah i have dyslexia and adhd, however i love reading when i can read. but it's.. rarely 
i think i can read when the book is interesting enough AND easy to read text, so i just have to find the right books thats a problem sometimes
there was a time when i didn't read for years, but then one day i just started reading like crazy for awhile, now i just read idk sometimes when i'm able. i've been reading one book for a year now like ok 
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MasileinDE wrote:
also, I don't know how big you are on non-fiction, but I found that I enjoy non-fiction reading way more, when I go at it from the perspective of "I need to read this to learn something new" and actively work on collecting notes on the subject.
Like, turning my obsession with learning stuff into the need to finish a book.

But I doubt that works well for fiction
Yes actually it was easier for me to read school books etc, mby because its usually less text overall, except if u read thick massive "proper" textbooks on stuff, but thats too much for me again. Kind of like,,, if thers too much text on a page my brain just shuts off, if theres pictures its easier. Also fiction books made for teens (?) that are written in a way that is more spaced out in a sense are easier for me to read. The last book I remember finishing (2-3 years ago, except for in the miso soup and piercing by ryu murakami, very short books) was happy girl lucky by holly smale, its very like?. Non compact
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Like this is the book I actually managed to finish, while the other one is one of the books im trying to read (all the books im trying to read is written like that tho, but its just so dense)
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Date: 12-10-2022 16:06
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ouch wrote:
MasileinDE wrote:
also, I don't know how big you are on non-fiction, but I found that I enjoy non-fiction reading way more, when I go at it from the perspective of "I need to read this to learn something new" and actively work on collecting notes on the subject.
Like, turning my obsession with learning stuff into the need to finish a book.

But I doubt that works well for fiction
Yes actually it was easier for me to read school books etc, mby because its usually less text overall, except if u read thick massive "proper" textbooks on stuff, but thats too much for me again. Kind of like,,, if thers too much text on a page my brain just shuts off, if theres pictures its easier. Also fiction books made for teens (?) that are written in a way that is more spaced out in a sense are easier for me to read. The last book I remember finishing (2-3 years ago, except for in the miso soup and piercing by ryu murakami, very short books) was happy girl lucky by holly smale, its very like?. Non compact
oh, in that case I recommend getting ebooks, because you can space out the text so much, that it doesn't overpower you anymore
that helps me a lot, because too much small reading and I just close it all
but when I can change the font size and the space between the lines, I get way more done, because reading is just so much easier on the eyes and the mind
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Date: 12-10-2022 16:07
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Omg didn't even realize there was self harm moment on exactly the book pages I posted, but at least its in norwegian
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MasileinDE wrote:
ouch wrote:
MasileinDE wrote:
also, I don't know how big you are on non-fiction, but I found that I enjoy non-fiction reading way more, when I go at it from the perspective of "I need to read this to learn something new" and actively work on collecting notes on the subject.
Like, turning my obsession with learning stuff into the need to finish a book.

But I doubt that works well for fiction
Yes actually it was easier for me to read school books etc, mby because its usually less text overall, except if u read thick massive "proper" textbooks on stuff, but thats too much for me again. Kind of like,,, if thers too much text on a page my brain just shuts off, if theres pictures its easier. Also fiction books made for teens (?) that are written in a way that is more spaced out in a sense are easier for me to read. The last book I remember finishing (2-3 years ago, except for in the miso soup and piercing by ryu murakami, very short books) was happy girl lucky by holly smale, its very like?. Non compact
oh, in that case I recommend getting ebooks, because you can space out the text so much, that it doesn't overpower you anymore
that helps me a lot, because too much small reading and I just close it all
but when I can change the font size and the space between the lines, I get way more done, because reading is just so much easier on the eyes and the mind
But then I have no visual representation of how much I have left 😭
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kagura wrote:
well yeah i have dyslexia and adhd, however i love reading when i can read. but it's.. rarely 
i think i can read when the book is interesting enough AND easy to read text, so i just have to find the right books thats a problem sometimes
there was a time when i didn't read for years, but then one day i just started reading like crazy for awhile, now i just read idk sometimes when i'm able. i've been reading one book for a year now like ok 
I startd reading a book in summer 2021 and I am on page uhh,,, 78, so it is what it is lmao
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