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I've noticed that the amount of unread books I have actually stresses me out, so I've come up with a more positive way of looking at my unread book pile. Inste

I've noticed that the amount of unread books I have actually stresses me out, so I've come up with a more positive way of looking at my unread book pile. Instead of seeing my books and thinking "holy crap I'm so behind it'll take me years to read through just the books I own", I think "This is awesome! Whenever I'm done with my current book I can go on to read whatever I want. I'll never run out of potential knowledge. " The positive outlook makes reading fun again. If you turn reading into a chore, you'll see it as one.

cloverich 13y ago
I"ve had the same problem, and have also recognized that its really a mindset / perception problem - the bookshelf I have at home is really no different than the one at the store. I could never, ever read them all, so I likewise shouldn't stress about my "read later" list. Its just a repository of interesting "when I have time for it" items. Thinking like that is not a hard-switch thats easily flipped, but by consciously recognizing and directing my thought patterns, its helped. One random thing that has also helped is (inspired by another post) I organized my books by color. Silly little idea. But now that they are both "to learn" and "decoration", i feel less guilty about the ones I haven't read yet.