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I became an avid reader like three months ago and I can't stop. I stopped watching tv and I don't spend much time on 4chan anymore.

Here's how I did it.

-Remember the average person reads like zero books a year. If you read 5 pages a day, you are 5 pages above the average person

-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure

-Read various books at the same time. When I grab a difficult book or one that makes me sleepy I grab another and switch. This should refresh your head. Keep them thematically different. I read economics and fiction.

-It isn't a race. Reading slowly won't make you sleepy that fast. Try to acknowledge what books are for you to read fast and which aren't.

-Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.

-Start with books highly discussed here so you feel motivated to discuss.

>> No.11077125

>>11077067
>Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>> No.11077814

>>11077067
This should be a sticky, but instead of buying books just get them from the library

>> No.11077826

>tfw only buy cheap paperbacks off Amazon
I know I should go to the library but I tend to damage my books often

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>>11077067
All sound advice save for the penultimate, my friend. People should purchase whatever format they want.

>> No.11078377

>>11077814
The library makes me way too anxious desu

>> No.11078606

>>11078377
Too many bookworm qts?

>> No.11078621

>>11078606
no, just too many people

>> No.11078630

>>11077814
i don't like getting books from the library because i like to circle and underline shit and i like to be able to revisit chapters and passages from books I've read at any time

>> No.11078631

>>11077125
This implies you're not a NEET and can afford a book.

I agree with OP here, physical is better. But digital is always helpful to have.

>> No.11078772

>>11077067
lol you’re not special sperg, i don’t play vidya, watch movies or tv and haven’t since last spring fuck off. i read all day every day

>> No.11078776

>>11078606
>tfw cuckfornia
Too many homeless

>> No.11078906

ITT: holy newfag batman

>> No.11078959

>>11078776
Do you go to school?

Most of the people at my college never check out any books they aren’t required to have for class. I had an old 4 volume collection of Victor Hugo’s works that I kept for 3 months in my apartment because no one put any of the books on hold so I just kept renewing them. College libraries also have much more highbrow lit than some public libraries that have oodles of airport novels and self-help stuff.

>> No.11078966

>>11078906
I am aware it’s pasta but it’s still good advice

>> No.11078972

isn't this a really old copy-pasta

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>> No.11079784

>>11077067
>-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure
I actually did force myself, I set a timer for 1 or 2 hours every session at first until I got in the habit of reading that long every time. Sounds like we both got to the same place

>-Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.
I do this cause I like how they eventually become decorations, also it's a easier to refer back to physical markings than kindle highlights.

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>>11077067
>I became an avid redditor like three months ago and I can't stop. I stopped watching tv and I don't spend much time on 4chan anymore.
>Here's how I did it.
>-Remember the average person reddits hardly at all in a year. If you reddit 5 times a day, you are 5 times above the average person
>-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to reddit five times a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like redditing more and after a month or so you should be redditing 50-100 times a day for pleasure
>-Reddit various subreddits at the same time. When I grab a difficult subreddit or one that makes me sleepy I grab another and switch. This should refresh your head. Keep them thematically different. I prowse /r/economics and /r/books.
>-It isn't a race. Redditing slowly won't make you sleepy that fast. Try to acknowledge what subreddits are for you to read fast and which aren't.
>-Buy reddit gold. When you reddit with your own money you'll feel the need to reddit to avoid the feel of wasting your money.
>-Start with subreddits highly discussed here so you feel motivated to discuss.