How do I get the motivation to read a book for a good 45m-1 hour? My attention span is fucked although I watched a 2 hour movie today in one sitting with minimal distraction and yesterday i watched a ~90m movie with more substantial distractions, at least in the beginning, because it was pretty slow and boring but once the movie got going around the 40m mark I was hooked. Regardless, how do I just sit down a read a book for a good chunk of time. And I mean really read it you know? Really digest the meaning and shit like that.

>>21983736 (OP)

don't force yourself to read if your attention is beginning to wane. building up your focus with books is easy, all you have to do is choose to read one day and go for as long as you can. it doesn't matter how far you get or if you have to quit mid sentence; as soon as you're tired of it, just quit. pick it up the next day and try again, even if you have to restart the chapter. do this for a couple days and you will be able to go for an hour a day, easy.

This is good advice. Your attention span is like a muscle, and the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

follow this method with a short book. buy a book with around 100-150 pages and have a go at it for a week or two and you will definitely be done with it by then.

You're all kind anons.

Thank you

>>21983736 (OP)

I would pace yourself like the other anons said, but it also helps to change up your setting a bit. Go read in a more quiet setting outside, in your car, or even in a different room. It makes a lot of difference for me to just get away from the computer.

>>21983736 (OP)

Work your way up to it. Try what I did:



• When you wake up in the morning read two pages. By definition you turned one leaf over.



• Before you go to sleep read two pages. Same principle. You're already at four pages per day.



• Before you leave your home for any reason read two pages.



• After you arrive home read two pages. Now you're at eight pages per day.



• When you get used to two pages increase that to four. Now you are at sixteen pages per day.



• Change "pages" to minutes. Set a time. 

 Finish whatever page you are on after it goes off.



• Add just one four minute reading session per day. Graduate it over time as your schedule allows. Six minutes, eight, twelve, etc. 



You will devour books in no time.

Terrible copypasted advice. Commit to a tome(700+ pgs) and if it clicks, you get hooked, then that's it. Start with Don Quixote.

this anon's shelf is 90% unread
