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.
>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
This never happened though...
I will keep asking this each time you post it: what's the joke here? The only thing remarkable is the 5 pages a day bit.
I've been off /lit/ for like six months, aren't there any new memes?
>>7532810
THANK YOU BASED LIZZARD FROG
>>7532810
My new years resolution is to read more, so I'm glad you posted this. I need to keep these things in mind more often. Thanks.
>>7532863
If a meme doesn't last is a shit meme, mate.
thanks avid reader anon for the motivational kick
This is what I needed for the New Year. Thanks frog.
since we are shitposting anybody remember a quote by some author, or possibly a character, saying stuff about how name is eternal and shit like that?
i'm p sure it was joyce and/or in portrait but i can't find it and i dont feel like reading the whole book again for now
I unironically enjoy these threads every time.
>>7532810
i'd slow down with these if i were you, once a month is way too frequent, the newfags catch on too quick.
this is like a throwback to the old days of 4chan memes and i love it
>>7533788
pretty sure that's from the musical Cats
I've always wondered what is the ratio sincere/meme of people who say stuff like "this is just what I needed, thanks OP". I'm interested because if this is helping people reading, memes and pastas have achieved a new level of importance.
>>7533832
CS Lewis was right, irony and sarcasm are the devil. I wonder if those comments have been so saturated with irony that they've become sincere
>>7533870
fun fact: Lewis was being ironic when he said that. He didn't realize irony doesn't translate well to text.
so why did this become a meme? It's not terrible advice
>>7532810
Thanks for the advice, friend
>>7532810
>-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.
This doesn't work for me. If I buy physical books I ignore them for years but when I pirate an e-book I tend to start reading right away for some reason.
>>7535636
That's because you are a weirdo.
>>7533961
i'm lying right now
>>7532810
If you're new to reading and having trouble retaining then reading multiple books at once is terrible. Even if you're not it's better to focus on one at a time. This would only apply if you have ADD, which a lot of people probably do, but that is very extreme.
