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.
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.