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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.7089118

The more you post it, the more I agree

>> No.7089130

>>7089107
>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

It makes me feel like a douche, but feeling superior to the average person is a pretty good motivator.

>> No.7089146

> 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

Not true. I love listening to music and watching films but I always disliked reading and I still don't really enjoy. I read because I feel I have to, but that's about it.

>> No.7089164

>>7089146
>I read because I feel I have to

Average /lit/ poster

>> No.7089301

how positively skewed is the graph of readers lit?

>> No.7089310

>>7089107
>tfw I first posted this and I was serious
>tfw I am a /lit/ meme

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7089315

>>7089107
Always the best thread, keep up the good work

>> No.7090933

This is a good meme

>> No.7090941

>>7089310
>ywn start a meme as good as this

>> No.7091188

>>7089130
If you feel anything but compassion and sympathy for the 'average person' then you are a douche and reading all these books will not make you superior in anyway apart from the superficial level.

>> No.7091223

>>7089107
Thanks for the advice, friend

>> No.7091252

This is good pasta. Have a bump. Live forever.

>> No.7091273

I started enjoying literature the moment I realized I will never read everything ever written and stopped giving a shit about how many books a year I read. Now I just resd whatever the fuck I want to whenver the fuck at whatever pace I'm comfortable with. It's a really fucking good feeling.

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7091338

>back in high school tried to read more often
>younger friends would quote books in front of me and have discussions about them with other friends
>i just felt out of the loop and felt stupid
>quit reading books for years because i was bitter at literature
>recently started reading slowly again and feel dumb for quitting something i enjoyed due to jealousy and inferiority complex

that younger girl is now writing articles for big newspapers while im just some fat asshole

>> No.7091355

>>7091338
Just remember, your body is someone's fetish. No matter how fucked up you get.