I used to read a lot before high school, and when I would it would be in long sessions. I find these days that when I read, I can buckle down for a couple chapters but then I get restless and search for something to distract me. It'd be wonderful if I could do something stimulating other than looking at phone or playing vidya during those moments when I need to break

How do you break up your time reading? Do you do it at all? Gimme ur tips and anecdotes

  • solaranus
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    1 year ago

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  • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Have multiple different books available so when you compulsively start trying to swap to something else you just end up reading another book instead of doomscrolling or whatever.

  • aramettigo [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I usually get up every 45 mins and walk around, walk up a stairs, make coffee or another hot drink, hang from a chin up bar, roll on a mat making stretching noises. Finding a way to be outside for 45 mins activity during peak sunlight (in less sunny areas) helps a lot with focus and concentration too.

    For me, keeping physically activated (broscience) and keeping warm, keeping the blood flowing and not entering a sedentary state, is the biggest part of motivation and focus for reading or working at a desk.

    It's usually easier to drop distractions when you've gone to so much trouble to get activated, caffeinated, irradiated and properly rested lol.

    8 hour reading sessions in high school gang too.

  • cilantrofellow [any]
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    3 years ago

    Lofi youtube stream and prioritize engaging reading at first to get back into it.

  • ComradeBongwater [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    ADHD prevents breaks from being possible, so I just hope I hyperfocus long enough to chew through the book in one sitting. If it's an easy book, I listen to it as an audiobook during road trips, but for harder books, I take notes.