Me too 😂

I started out not liking reading until I found some books that I liked and I could also pick my books. I’ve kept liking reading since then. I just sometimes don’t have as much time and sadly audiobooks don’t really work for me. With videos like these I’m like I can either know what to do if I somehow get in a slump with reading or I can give this advice to someone else who isn’t a big fan of reading

Me too because I e definitely slowed down my reading over the years. As a kid I’d finish a book in a day or two tops

Me too! 😃

same here)🐣

Same. 3 years after law school and I’m finally back into reading but now I’m guilty pleasuring only. Fantasy books for me!

Same. Like, idgaf about a Tale of Two Cities or Animal Farm and being forced to read academically sucks. Out of school for a few years now and just starting to get back into reading 😂

Amen to that. I gave myself Tik Tok prohibition. I sometimes get relapses.

I pretty much only use KZfaq, these days. But something that helped me was gradually increasing my video playback speed until I was watching at 1.5x speed, or faster, depending in how fast or slow the original audio[ like 'cause different people have naturally faster or slower speech patterns] &/or any on-screen text goes by to begin with-it freed up so much extra time!!! (Plus, I've discovered that[ at least for me personally] it actually forces me to engage with things much more attentively so I actually get distracted less and really absorb or appreciate the experience more. However ..I don't recommend that anyone try and start out immediately at 1.5x or 2x speed, if you want to try this yourself-start slower and increase gradually, maybe not until after weeks of watching at 1.25x speed, only increasing playback speed once the faster speed starts seeming less rapid to you because your brain has adjusted to it and kind of normalized it in your mind or whatever.) It really helped things start to seem a lot more digestible and actually-achievable for me, personally-so getting into all the things I wanted to get to in a day didn't seem like as much of a daunting commitment around also still getting other actual-life type stuff done sometimes. ^^ Like, if you can watch a 30min video in only 15mins... That's 15 whole entire minutes more extra time you still have free to read or do something else afterward than you would have had before! And, sometimes, just feeling like you have the time to spare to invest in reading at all is the best way to start. (Basically, don't be afraid of sitting with things for longer stretches of time either longterm or shortterm -wise yes, but also don't be afraid of setting things down after only a short while and then coming back to it again later on for another short while sometimes too; feel free to get comfy finding whatever pace works for _you_ and/or the demands of your own life or brain or entertainment or whatever, individually! Checking off smaller goals-like one chapter, or 15 minutes-can feel really rewarding, it doesn't always have to be completing a whole entire book that let's you feel good about actually doing something[ like reading or whatever else] that you've been wanting to. Any forward progress is still progress; and sometimes just knowing that you can actually get to the end of something at all, whether it's just one sentence or just one chapter, that alone can really help the further off finish lines like the end of a whole entire book look like isn't so unattainably far away that it's impossible to see. Just being able to actually accomplish things you want to be accomplishing is what's important, not how soon or fast or how slow you personally get them done, as long as you're allowing yourself to find what works for *YOU* and you aren't just trying to force yourself to achieve things like someone or anyone else does: it's okay to be you, and to move at your own pace, based on whatever your own personal needs or wants are. 🙂)

Very true! I have definitely found that being apart of a community like this can REALLY help with, at least, motivating me to read. Also reading with different formatting!

I found I struggled with that and still do, but have found that in audiobooks I have been able to stay more engaged. I feel I've become less creative so the addition of a narrator helps bring the characters to life. So now travelling for work has become my book time.

@@christophertravis222 Trying audiobooks was useful to me, because it gave me a solid time-line within which I knew consuming the book could actually be achieved-because I was having so much trouble either finding the time or the focus to physically read again, I wasn't even getting from the start to the end of a chapter reliably consistently for a while. But I also discovered that it really frustrated me to listen in audio sometimes too, because I actually enjoy seeing how different writers format their sentences and paragraphs, and knowing for sure how the names of things are actually spelled[ since I'm more likely to be discussing a book over text-based communications than via word-of-mouth] personally. 🤣 But listening to audiobooks gave me that little boost of feeling like I actually am still capable of finishing a book if I start it and motivating me to start physically reading again too because it got me back in touch with what all I actually enjoy about the reading experience itself in the first place-aside from just knowing the characters and/or the story, so I could participate in thinking or discussing about it in general. ^-^ Lol

That is so awesome!! I definitely do find myself reading faster on my NOOK! I think that is because it is easier for me to forget how many pages I have read! Also finding a great book community just like this one really helps to motivate me to want to get back into reading more and restarting manga!

Do you still play games as well? This is kind of similar to how it went for me, except I discovered the kindle much later and still switch around.

@@connorbogunovic1647 I played like 6 hours Stardew Valley yesterday! xD So yes, I still game, but new games rarely excite me anymore. Did not play any of the big releases this year (Elden Ring, God of War), I feel like after 25 years I just saw lots of games. As with reading, I'm just two years in and have SO MUCH new to discover. I think that's the difference :D

@@connorbogunovic1647 You can play games on a Kindle? That is interesting. I had no idea.

@@Neko123Uchiha Since you're a gamer and have read Harry Potter I suggest getting the new Hogwarts Legacy coming out in February looks awesome

I am looking to join her Discord soon. I really want to get more involved in this community!

Really wanna join her community too! Is there a link where we can find her public discord? :’D

@@alicearcheron9480 It's in the video description.

It is so great finding this big community to discuss books with!

Mistborn is such a good series! The first book is so satisfying because it feels like a stand alone story.

Ay im literally reading it right now! Im on page 415, im loving it!

I just finished my reread (first time since 2013) last night and it has given me a lot of renewed passion for reading. I also return to Elantris a lot as a comfort book.

My husband bought me this book for my birthday and it did the same for me. I usually read a few books a year but I’ve read over 50 books since finishing Mistborn!

Grandad’s Gifts sounds very good!!

thats a neat idea. Ill try it.

What series?

@@k.vaugh384 "The Ashes" series by William W Johnstone. Thriller series set in post-WW3. In book one basically every country with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons uses them. The series isn't for everyone, the main characters political beliefs wouldn't be very popular today and some plot elements can be over the top (like fighting against actual N@z!'s from South America) but I still enjoy it.