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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.19848451

>>19848331
> I read economics and fiction.
Give recommendation for someone that has never read economics

>> No.19848462

You read Star Wars and Freakonomics, didn't you?

>> No.19850460

Thanks for the advice, OP. I will read 5 pages right now.

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19850478

>>19848331
>/lit/ board
>having to teach others how to build a habit of reading

>> No.19850507

I do this too, sometimes i find a nice post on warosu and either post it in a thread or open a new one
What was your reason anon?

I remember this particular one and this is a dangerous sign that I spend too much time here

>> No.19850556

>>19848451
Don't read economics. Buy gold. Buy land. Make babies. Done.

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19850557

>>19850478
>/fit/ board
>having to teach other show to build a habit of healthy eating and physical fitness

>> No.19850560

>>19850478
Reading is just an affectation for most /lit/ards. As is pretty much anything they do. They are dumb 20 year olds who have never lived.

>> No.19850565

>>19848451
anything by murray rothbard

>> No.19850567

>>19850565
>Rothbard was a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism
Delusional kike.

>> No.19850623

>>19850567
Im not an ancap but his books are good at explaining praxeology and market forces.

>> No.19850636

>>19848331
>-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
I don't think this is true