No more. My mind can no longer settle down to read longer than 10 minutes or so. Makes me sad. It was a huge source of joy in my life.
‘Computer reading’ leads to a shortened attention span.
I have read dozens of books ‘online’ but I rarely give them the attention I give a real book.
I read a novel every day for 10 years back in my school days, I read at a freshman in collage rating when I was in 3rd grade...I was just really good at it.
Hienlin, Asamov I read them all, voraciously.
There were days I read 2 books after school before dinner.
There is a real benefit to reading paper books as opposed to online or ebooks.
I have read the king James bible 3 times in the last 5 years...a good thing.
Since I retired I have sought to read more ‘paper’ books.
I didn’t read the article. What did it say:?
“I used to be able to read for a long time in one sitting .... before computers came on the scene.
No more. My mind can no longer settle down to read longer than 10 minutes or so. Makes me sad. It was a huge source of joy in my life.”
Same here. Zero attention span due to internet. I have 3 books I started and read a quarter way though each and my attention span went kaput and I stopped.
Have not read a complete book in 10 years or more
Same thing happened to me!
I read every night. Always a book on my nightstand. I like novels and mysteries. Sometimes I read for hours if the book is captivating. Started this when I was in grade school and wasn’t allowed to read past bedtime. So I got a flashlight and pulled the covers over my head.
If you want to get back into it, find books that you really like. Mysteries, if well written, make you want to find out what happens next. And next.
Really, you’ll find a way to enjoy it again.
I read all day long when on my computer using kindle and other apps. All kinds of technical material as well as many books, i have just under 200 books in this format alone
You well be better for it....
Am similar but I really don’t miss reading.
I have been a lifelong big reader. Thousands upon thousands of books over my lifetime.
Screen reading supplanted and eventually replaced it. Recently I have gone back to book reading. What a pleasure.
I place 9 or ten books at bedside. I go through them methodically.
I have read too much in my lifetime to put up with mediocre books.
In EMDR eye movement is lateral and it relaxes and helps people reprocess memories . I believe reading books has that feature.