COMFY READING TECHNIQUES?

[Anonymous No.12306300]

One of the keys to reading is getting into a position where you're not shifting every 2 minutes. What are the most optimal arrangements? My parents have the TV on downstairs, should I invest in a pair of ear plugs?

Bonus points for recommending a position where you're not hunched over.

[Anonymous No.12306343]

Sit up straight at a desk. Wear headphones with white noise or ambience, do not listen to music or anything with vocals or repetitive patterns. Coffee optional but encouraged. Have a pencil and some paper nearby, requiring yourself to annotate and take notes while reading makes it a lot easier to focus on and retain what you're reading. Don't touch your dick.

That's all I got.

[Anonymous No.12306365]

>>12306343
>Don't touch your dick.
Terrible advice.

[Anonymous No.12306475]

>>12306365
Have the book in front of you on the desk, and turn the pages with your toes. Use both hands to touch the dick. Play black metal on the background to create good reading expirience.

[Anonymous No.12306537]

I use ambient recordings on youtube like 'rain on roof' or 'train ride' to keep my concentration

[Anonymous No.12306558]

For some reason I’ve found laying on the floor flat on my back works very well

[Anonymous No.12307108]

I sit in a comfortable chair, reclining, and pile cushions onto my lap or stomach to perch the book upon. I also find hardbacks to be more comfortable to handle, though I think that's a minority opinion. Always have lots of light, buy a new lamp if you need one, just for reading. Squinting because it's just a little bit too dark can give you a fucking big headache after a while.

[Anonymous No.12307124]

Any good reading chair recommendations? So far the best reading chair I've found is the chair in my commuter train, but they aren't for sale.

[Anonymous No.12307127]

Either laying on my stomach on my bed, or sitting up straight, legs crossed. I think the second one is probably better for your back.

[Anonymous No.12307150]

>>12306300
i have used ear plugs in the past. a fan will also blur all ambient sounds into one white noise.

[Anonymous No.12307412]

>>12306300
take the treepill

[Anonymous No.12307416]

>>12307412
BUT WHAT OF ANTS

[Anonymous No.12307449]

>>12307416
Don't into the woods covered in honey/semen and the ants should leave you alone.

[Anonymous No.12307465]

>>12307449
>Don't go into the woods covered in honey
>Don't go into the woods covered in semen
why do you hate life so much?

[Anonymous No.12307469]

>>12307449
you know i can't do that

[Anonymous No.12307474]

>>12307449
>Don't go into the woods covered in semen
haha, no

[Anonymous No.12307485]

>>12307449
There goes my post-shower routine

[Anonymous No.12307487]

>>12307465
>>12307469
>>12307474
Hey I never said you couldn't emerge from the woods drenched in it. That implies something more fun.

[Anonymous No.12307652]

>>12306343
>Wear headphones with white noise or ambience, do not listen to music or anything with vocals or repetitive patterns.
Would this be ok?
https://youtu.be/1KWeSzqmmpI

[Anonymous No.12307667]

>>12307416
I'm more concerned about birds shitting on my books.

[Anonymous No.12307677]

>>12306300
>My parents have the TV on downstairs, should I invest in a pair of ear plugs?
Do you mean should you ask your parents for some money to buy earplugs? Or do you mean should you invest in moving the fuck out of your parents house like a grown man? Either way the answer is shut the fuck up retard

[Anonymous No.12307701]

>>12307677
>be a man and abandon your parents and waste money living alone

[Anonymous No.12307708]

Number one is laying down on my stomach before bed next to the beside lamp. When I am reading at the table, I use a cookbook stand, to maintain straightness in my neck while reading. Another pro tip (DIY standing desk) is sometime i put my chair on my table and read standing for a bit, extreme circulation for superpowered reading. thank me later okpzoutbye

[Anonymous No.12307738]

>>12306300

Read pdfs on a simple stool. If the text is worthy of you it will alleviate your discomfort.

[Anonymous No.12307739]

>>12307667
I'm worried about them stealing my books and using them to make a nest (or just laughing at my poor taste in literature)

[Anonymous No.12307740]

>>12307701
you'll understand when you grow up

[Anonymous No.12307763]

PLEB

[Anonymous No.12307776]

>>12307763
What if the cheap Chinese plastic snaps and the holder falls on my rock-hard erection and fractures it

[Anonymous No.12307826]

What are some ways to keep from getting sleepy while reading?

Maybe I just lie down too much while reading.

[Anonymous No.12307838]

>>12307826
read more
it will make reading easier once you recover lost sleep

[Anonymous No.12307855]

>>12307826
read until you fall asleep with the book in your hand, then wake up and continue reading

[Anonymous No.12307874]

>>12306537
I use an app called realax.io which lets you mix different ambient sounds together. It's really nice.
>>12307826
I've found that shifting my daily activities so I read during the day/daylight hours helps, along with >>12307838.

[Anonymous No.12307926]

>>12307776
Divine punishment

[Anonymous No.12307935]

>>12307826
Just fall asleep reading where you lay. It might make your dreams more interesting.

[Anonymous No.12308410]

>>12307652
Would this be ok?

https://archive.org/details/BadDogRadioMassacre-DogPoundFoundSound/01Untitled.mp3

[Anonymous No.12310026]

>>12306300
Tbh I just get on the train in the morning and stay on as long as I want to read. Then I hop off, switch tracks to head home, and write until I get back.

It's comfy, especially around 2 or 3 in the afternoon.

[Anonymous No.12310570]

>>12310026
This, except I can't afford so many train rides so I read on station platforms.

[Anonymous No.12310621]

>>12307826

Sitting up is good for this. Laying down or reclining while reading also makes me drowsy.

>>12306343

I generally agree with and support this FPBP, though I'm not a coffee person. I also find music and vocals to be a total distraction, though certain kinds of ambience are acceptable as background noise. When I actually mean to read something and read it well, I keep things quiet.

[Anonymous No.12310628]

>>12310570
>I can't afford so many train rides
I feel you, I've got a student pass right now so I can ride as often as I want for free, but as soon as it expires I'll have to find another way.

[Anonymous No.12311910]

>>12307652
I've never heard music that manages to sound louder than it actually is before.

[Anonymous No.12311959]

>>12307763

[Anonymous No.12311975]

>>12307763
Love reclining and relaxing with a big book of formulas.

[Anonymous No.12312342]

>>12310628
Free train rides for students? You don't happen to live in Gypsyland, Eastern Europe, do you?

[Anonymous No.12312375]

>>12306300
worst girl

[Anonymous No.12312384]

>>12307826
Read heavy books

[Anonymous No.12313334]

>>12312342
Chicago, USA. A lot of the universities here include an unlimited train pass in their tuition, because you have to commute to different parts of town depending on which kind of class you're taking.

[Anonymous No.12313559]

>>12313334
Any more gondolas, Chiraqi?

[Anonymous No.12314554]

>>12313559
Yeah, I've got a little collection going. Hit me with some of yours if you have any.

[Anonymous No.12314592]

>>12307449
pleb

[Anonymous No.12314613]

A good quality book is a must. I've been reading a fair bit of science fiction in recent times and the low quality mass market paperbacks make me want to kill myself.

[Anonymous No.12314670]

>>12307412
bit cold out

[Anonymous No.12315273]

>>12307763
>finger strong enough to balance the whole book

can I learn this skill?

[Anonymous No.12316132]

>>12314554
I got a few

[Anonymous No.12316140]

>>12314554

[Anonymous No.12316159]

>>12314554
Trying to put out my more rare ones

[Anonymous No.12316212]

>>12306300
I have a hard time getting good lighting while also being comfy. What do you guys recommend? Also for reading in bed how do you get the right amount of light while still allowing yourself to get sleepy?

[Anonymous No.12316594]

>>12307740
You Americans are retarded

[Anonymous No.12316608]

>>12314670
Read by the fire with your sweetie, then.

[Anonymous No.12316629]

>>12306300
this is technically hunched over but I read sitting in a chair with the book on the floor between my feet and my head in between my knees, back straight, bent at the hips. it's idiosyncratic to me, I know, because I used to fall asleep while reading at a desk normally and started doing this instead.
anyway, the best position is one you fall into yourself. you can improve your position the same way you improve your posture: gradually and with constant conscious effort. the muscles will pull you into a better position if you develop them.

[Anonymous No.12316760]

>>12306300
Invest in something that costs 50 cents. That's really an investment, dumb dumb.

[Anonymous No.12316776]

I’ll usually have a warmed fair trade coffee while sitting on my hand sewn Bean bag chair; it’s the only comfy place I can read culture of critique while feeling like I’m living a sustainable lifestyle. I do all of this preferably in the corner of my local Whole Foods market but only till they run out of free pomegranate incense. I learned everything I know about comfort ( and reading ) from The big kahuna himself, John Mackey.

[Anonymous No.12316790]

meditate before reading. start with the breath counting excercise

[Anonymous No.12317333]

>>12306300
Depends on what I'm reading, and how seriously I'm reading it. If it's a serious book that deserves my attention, I basically do >>12306343. If it's less serious, I'll either find a comfortable spot in the park near my apartment during nice weather or sprawl on the floor if it's not.

[Anonymous No.12317342]

>>12316629
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