I struggle to read like many here. But I’ve decided I’m going to read 30 minutes per day at least. If I struggle I will stop at 30 minutes.
Years ago I had bad anhedonia and motivation issues. I had no hobbies and would sit doing nothing all day in my own head.
Slowly I started spending 15 or 20 minute at a time pushing myself to do a hobby. I chose card games and miniature games.
Over time I started to enjoy those things. It took effort to begin with. But these days I can easily spend a solid two hours painting or building.
I’m going to try this with reading. I’m going to push myself a little each day and keep it consistent. Even if I’m not enjoying it at first I’ll keep going.
I wondered if anyone else would like to join me. If so what will you read etc.
Reading is a gradual process. Start off slow and then improve incrementally day by day just as how physical exercise is done. Both physical exercise & reading a book have similar progressive concepts.
What kinda books you want to get into? One big thing i realised that was stopping me from reading much was that most books suck. Gotta find specific topics/genres/themes etc that really get my interest juices flowing otherwise I’d rather die than read a book im not really into lol.