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I totally agree with you and have been on a similar mental journey on the last few years. I used to read phenomenal amounts. But I’ve found myself very disillu

I totally agree with you and have been on a similar mental journey on the last few years. I used to read phenomenal amounts. But I’ve found myself very disillusioned by the reading of books, to the point that I don’t actually do much of it anymore. I’m too distracted by the fact that it seems pointless. Or I’m dispirited by the thought that to make it not be pointless requires large amounts of school-like study (notes, self testing, regular revision etc.) I’m not sure what to do about this. I don’t think not reading is a viable life strategy, I just don’t quite get it right now.

stuxnet79 9y ago
Perhaps it might help to deflate your expectations. I look at books, like I look at tv shows or movies. The long term usefulness of consuming might be questionable but that does not make the act of watching / reading any less worthwhile. I actually think that reading less is good if you were reading prodigious amounts. When I read A LOT it's usually an indication of a lack of balance in some aspects of my life that I try to correct. If you want to ease back into reading without taking it too seriously go for the fluffy page turners. There's tons of non-fiction books too which are engaging and quite readable. Anytime somebody tells me they don't read a lot, it's usually because they are not reading anything that interests them.