I fear I've lost my effective ability to sit and read a book, fiction or not, for leisure. Are there particular steps you take to sink in for a good reading session? to stay focused? I can't tell if my problem comes from being too wired or too tired; I either lose focus or fall asleep. And, on that note, does anyone else ever find themselves reading pages and pages of text and then stopping, reflecting, and realizing you weren't paying attention at all, you have no idea what you've been reading?I've been doing so much reading I feel like if you split my head open it would be full of pages.
Instrumental music, something to be sipping on. Happens all the time. I read stupid fast so I'm not worried about re-reading stuff.Are there particular steps you take to sink in for a good reading session? to stay focused?
And, on that note, does anyone else ever find themselves reading pages and pages of text and then stopping, reflecting, and realizing you weren't paying attention at all, you have no idea what you've been reading?
And, on that note, does anyone else ever find themselves reading pages and pages of text and then stopping, reflecting, and realizing you weren't paying attention at all and have no idea what you've been reading?
absolutely. My whole life I have struggled with that, I get distracted easily and will sometimes have to reread entire chapters of books because I've forgotten, or really never even knew what it was I had read.
Begin forcing yourself to read 100 (or if you're feeling the time constraints these days, 50, 25) pages a day of something. Or, you know, 10 pages a day of several somethings. You'll go a week, look back, and suddenly have finished a book or two. It's a wonderful feeling. Your day will start to feel incomplete without some reading. You'll stop wasting so much time (you may think you're busy -- and probably you are, somewhat, but I'm not sure how busy anyone can truly be in high school when compared to college/grad school) ... e.g. how long did you facebook today. Etc. Remember the thread about not immediately opening your computer when you get home from school/work? I usually clean my kitchen, but sometimes I pick up a book. Worked for me, and while I'm not quite still reading 100 a day, I'm reading much more than I was before I tried that little experiment. I largely regained my ability to sit and read.