In 2023 I read 15 books.
My usual rate: 60-100.
I think I've lost the ability to read anything longer than a pithy essay on Substack 😭
I read essays, blog posts, articles, #SocialMedia posts.
But, but ... I feel that I'm losing something with this.
It disturbs me that I can't even focus long enough to complete a chapter. And that all that social media blog content was affecting my mood somehow.
Am I blathering?
How do I regain my reading abilities? 😅

#Reading #SocialMedia #Books

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You need the fire and passion :nes_fire: that drives it all... for me improving ourselves by sharing together... books as the assistants... 

@liztai You need the fire and passion :nes_fire: that drives it all !

The why is important - asking yourself if reading all that before was it just to fill in time and now you're full ? or were you hoping to find something or someone that would give you / them more meaning and you didn't quite get it from books?
Could be internet replaced a lot with small reads instead of bigger ? (more devices in your house more distractions?)

For me now it's about "people being more the 'work' that needs doing " which mean reading and practice in changing ourselves together on the internet now it's easier than ever with non-commercial free tools... people as the magic - with books etc as the static assistants coming alive again!

If interested let me know as I'm trying to get people to practice sharing with the living and authors of the past(!) to better life!

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