You can tell when your attention span dwindles, when you keep re-reading the same page of any book because you can't get to the next one, start clicking back to

You can tell when your attention span dwindles, when you keep re-reading the same page of any book because you can't get to the next one, start clicking back to HN if the prior article goes deep, or picking up an iPad when an academic tome gets dense. Take a break, do a digital detox. Except for windows mid morning or late afternoon when you respond to e-devices, force yourself to only read long form content. Start with an airport novel, easy breezy attention peasy. After that read fiction with substance until any urge to set it down goes away. Then dig into nonfiction. Finally, back to academic or in-depth domain knowledge. Things you couldn't read two pages of before, you can now read in a sitting or two.