I love to read but feel like I have to pretty much be in peak mental condition to fully appreciate a novel, which is pretty rarely. Meanwhile I will waste hours on reddit no matter how tired, sick, or sad I am. I wonder why because they’re both reading. Maybe because looking at reddit is more skimming? It does feel like the brain processes it differently. I wonder if other people here feel the same.
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That depends. Mostly because it is activating a social part of your brain. While I do read a lot of posts here I tend to comment on them too. I live in close proximity of my husband who is disabled and I work from home and don’t get out much. I like being social. He doesn’t.
Sometimes like now I’m waiting on my book to become available at the library. I was in such a mood to read it I started a series knowing book two was over a four week wait. Finished book one in a day.
I have ADHD so I’m now stuck in waiting mode. I even tried a audiobook I really wanted to read. Only read a hour and a half and now I’m still waiting. Went from reading everyday to nothing.
Waiting mode sucks for readers.
Read simpler books. No shame in it. My girlfriend reads trash romance novels and reads five times more than I do. I look up to her.
Tech has ruined societies. Kaczinsky made a great point.
He also made a great bomb.
This, but with chapter-by-chapter webnovel or webcomic. I can jump around in those so easily, and there are so many stopping points. It makes reading an actual book, even on a phone (though that’s easier) feel like such a bigger commitment. Maybe it’s also because while reading on the internet instead of a book app, it seems like I’m less locked in? I have ADHD so this may all be overthinking, but that’s my reasoning.
Look, a squirrel …
I pity anyone who spends more time on reddit than on a book in any given day.
Takes focus. It gets easier the more time is spent offline. Meditation helps me, along with listening to audiobooks and reading graphic novels as well.
Shorter books are nice.
As much as I like reddit, that and Twitter and others destroy your ability to focus.
It is a different process and long form reading is much more engaging for your brain. Even reading bad books is good for you
I think it might have something to do with attention spans, Reddit posts tend to be a lot shorter than book chapters. I remember reading somewhere shorter chapters makes books easier to read possibly for the same reason.
Reddit is dopamine hunting. Reading a book is not.
I don’t really have trouble focusing on reading books or feel like it takes a particularly large exertion of effort. However, I certainly don’t feel like all acts of reading written words are exactly the same in terms of how my mind is processing info.
Because Reddit is YA.
Okay, that made me nose-giggle
I feel the same quite often. And I guess, as many people say, part of is that reading requires you to keep your attention all the time, while going through reddit just does not.
But a big part for me is, when I’m tired I don’t want to get emotionally invested in something. And a proper book certainly requires that. I just don’t have enough bandwidth left to read something I’m actually interested in. With reddit, even if I’m reading some high drama post, I don’t get invested in it. I finish and skip to the next. So it is easier.
Attention span.
Reddit is a good social and informative source for me. Books are my life and require total immersed enjoyment. Reddit can occupy half of my day if it is a fascinating topic. I generally can go through 2 or 3 300- 400 pp Books using total concentration that means no TV , Reddit or any other distraction. Above mentioned means number of Books per day I can read. Apologies , my cell seems to be capitalizing words randomly. When reading , I try to picture a continuous story.