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>browse /lit/ for 3 hours
>add 50+ new things to my to read list
>feel stupid and anxiety cuz never enough time to learn all this shit

>> No.13205175
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Instead of adding books to lists or downloading them from LibGen actually buy a physical copy and you'll feel obliged to read it.

>> No.13205177

Why worry?
Maybe real worry is that you don't even try at all and only add expectations?
Stop worry and just read. Let go of worry.

>> No.13205178

>>13205168
Sort of the same. I think I just need out of my mom's house. Far too many distractions that I can't get rid of

>> No.13205223

>>13205175
I do and I still read a lot but it's still too much and I feel like I'm not getting anywhere. Fomo, oversaturation, racing mind etc.

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>>13205175
>Physical copies of books stacked in my shelf
>Some I did not read yet
>They are in perfect balance, removing one would collapse all of them
>What do, /lit/?

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>>13205223
Leave your phone outside the room you read in and do breathing exercises to calm your racing mind. Also if you still can't focus just follow where you're reading with your finger on the page as it will force you to stay focused.

>> No.13205309

>>13205246
>removing one would collapse all of them
the fuck kinda shelf do you have

>> No.13205808

>>13205223
Keep a log of what you have read in a notebook or website like goodreads. That way when you look back at what you have read you won't feel like you are going nowhere.

>> No.13205819

>>13205808
I do that. Shit, I wasn't asking for advice I was just hoping someone felt the same way.

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>>13205175
Buying books honestly doesn't help that much with keeping your backlog down. I also have 4 books currently at various stages in the process of being shipped to me, and one preordered.

>> No.13205876

>>13205246
start from the top homie, it will only take 2 minutes so you should just start now

>> No.13207339

>>13205168
Delete that fucking image off your computer right now.