As a person who loves reading but recently has little time for it, I tried to switch to audiobooks. However, I keep catching myself losing attention while trying to concentrate on the audiobook. I find myself scrolling back on the recording to catch up on things I missed, and it’s highly frustrating. It puzzles me because I can easily read a physical book in a public place, but I can’t seem to listen to an audiobook in a public setting.
Has anyone else experienced this problem with audiobooks? Do you consider it a good alternative to a physical book when there’s no possibility or time to read a book?
I have found that audiobooks are easier to focus on by listening at higher rates of speed. Typically about 1.75x normal.
Part of the problem is that our mind is accustomed to wandering because while most people talk at about 100 words per minute, our minds can follow about 400 words per minute. That difference in between is what allows our heads to wander.