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.
When you grab a book, there’s a bit of commitment in it. If it’s a 300 page book, you’ve “agreed” to read 300 pages. That can seem like a responsibility. Whereas there’s no responsibility read a certain number of reddit posts.