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[grayestofghosts]

I'm trying to figure out why I don't read more. I enjoy doing it and it keeps me off of social media. And yet, I keep finding myself not doing it.

I think at a certain point I was finding it very stressful and then... I'm not sure if that's true anymore, or maybe it's much less stressful than it was at that point so now whenever I do it, I'm always surprised that the stress is no longer there. Or perhaps audiobooks, which I had been consuming a lot more of, are more stressful than written word -- I've stopped a lot of audiobooks lately because they're "stressful" to listen to and that belief drained into written works.

Anyway if you want cheap SFF ebook deals, SF Signal is a very useful twitter account, which keeps putting sales on my feed.

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[brin_bellway]

I think in my case, the problem is this: as one takes on more adult responsibilities in life, one has fewer opportunities to take recreational dissociatives (which is what a good book essentially is).

Like, no, I got shit to do I gotta be sober for! And it's not like nitrous where it wears off pretty much the moment you stop breathing it: no, books *linger*, often for a day or two.

[grayestofghosts]

I had to think on this for a moment, because I still d plenty of things like doomscroll twitter and play video games, but I do think it's easier to get 'out' of them than a book.

At least some of it has to do with, for example, me listening to a book at work and then realizing I don't want to listen about people banging while I'm at work, turning it off, and never getting back to it. That's like the other half.