Mine is too destroyed to read books. I’m an embarrassment to my child self.
Listen to audio books. Science fiction short stories before bed. Start with sub-half hour stories. Plenty of good ones.
The Turner Diaries by William Luther Pierce.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/lG3MkeMJ6ku4/
(give it a minute to load)
I read the books before going to sleep. Set a time. No tv no phone. Book… sleep. Helps calm the mind.
The only issue with this is that it trains you to be tired when you read; not so good when you get tired in the middle of the day because you had to read something more than a few pages long
Do you think this will have any cognitive benefit or just a way of passing time?
Where do you recommend I search?
there's studies showing. theres not much difference.
entertainment I'll listen to books, but anything I actually want to retain I read the physical book so I can still make notes.
audible has had to audio book market as a monopoly for many years. theres a few smaller ones just popping up like Chirp. your local library, full audio books on You Tube or torrenting somewhere.
Reverting to mummy and daddy reading bed time stories is not the answer.
It is a way to re-train your mind into wanting/being interested in longer-form content.
Same here, it's hard to bother reading paragraphs for me. I never liked books, but sometimes if I found a good one that is less than 150 pages, I'd love it. I never got into huge books with a series. I like small ones like boxcar children and hatchet.
It's sad that quick and useless information, paired with years of fast ads and videos, can wreck attention spans.
Put them in the bathroom.
Best study tip I ever learned.
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