I love the idea of it. Like I created a good reads account years ago. Used it for a few months… and then just stopped. About a year ago I created an account on storygraph. Thinking it would be nice to keep track of the books I read and what I thought about them and then I did it for about a few months… and then just stopped.
I get it. I know people keep saying just ignore them, but we are human, so don’t beat yourself up over that. And don’t beat yourself up over getting into an endless scroll. These apps are designed to do that.
But I am gonna repeat what someone else said: start slow. You might have been an avid reader then, but sometimes just jumping in can he hard. So find a time when it works best for you, then find a good way to start.
Like set an alarm. Once that alarm goes off, if you’re not busy, then start. If you’re scrolling, no “one more video.” That’s been my biggest weakness. It’s always one more. Then one more. Then one more. Then it’s an hour later and I haven’t started anything. So as soon as it goes off, so does the video.
Then either go by time or pages. If by time, 15 minutes. If pages, 10 pages. Its not much, but the point is to get back into the habit of starting. For most non readers, this can sometimes be mentally enough. Since you have been a reader, maybe you will find you instantly want to keep going. But ti start, remind yourself that you at least need to just do that. Then you can go back to scrolling if you want. I find it easier to convince myself to do it on days when I’m not feeling it as much if I remind myself “I only need to do this much”. Some days I just do that. Some days I do a bit more. But at least on those days I’m getting a little bit.
I also do celebrities. Or more accurately, actors. I guess its just easy for my mind to go with characters I’ve seen act things out. I’m visualizing a movie in my head, so I grab people from movies.
I am just imagining someone having a bookcase with a bunch of 3 ring binders that’s just a ton of books they printed out from a digital copy they bought, and it’s giving me serial killer vibes.