To be honest, I’m not someone that gets a ton of joy out of reading. It can be a grind for me. I do it because I think it’s really important. Not only to learn, but as an escape from the internet and its nonstop stimuli. In my 20s when I felt like I was working a dead end job it made me feel like I was still improving myself and not going backwards. Now I want to get better at my current job and try to understand the world a little better. I read a lot of history.
There are times when I’m really into a book and get into a flow with it where I can read for a while without noticing how long it’s been. I think I’m chasing that readers high every time, but it rarely happens.
I suspect the lack of a passion for reading is why I can’t quite get into fiction and the classics.
I’ve tried setting goals and it does help. Even just a modest 15 pages a day let me feel like I’m building momentum with a book.
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I wish I found reading to be fun, but I think it’s important enough to keep doing even if it’s a grind for me.