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What I found was that my ADHD characteristics of not focusing deeply on books was just shallow distractions like you mention. I got rid of those distractions b
by thenerdhead 5y ago
What I found was that my ADHD characteristics of not focusing deeply on books was just shallow distractions like you mention.
I got rid of those distractions by buying a Kindle or using an iPad with no fun apps on it. I only allow myself to read on them and if I "context switch", I punish myself by not allowing myself to use those fun apps until I read X pages/minutes.
I built a reading habit over the last 3 years because of this. I went from reading 1-5 books a year in 2018, 12 books in 2019, and 52 books in 2020+ (pandemic definitely helped, but I fell in love with reading again).
Your brain is elastic. It can return back to the shape you previously had before the introduction of ADHD/addicting tech. It takes time, patience, and it's fair share of pain to cut the addiction. I'm on year 5 and thriving, but the first couple years were extremely challenging.