Yes! I agree with this. One thing I'm trying to do this year is slow down and relax more. I totally agree with what he says about how the pace of life is distracting-- we've become totally addicted to instantaneity.
Seconded!!!!!!!!! It's reaching the point where I am digging in my heels and making myself go slower. There aren't enough hours in the day, and recharging with some book time is totes importanate.
Yeah, it's weird. I find myself sitting in front of the computer, even when I read, and allowing myself to get distracted every few minutes by the shiny!internet.
I am obviously too dedicated to my couch - I sit and read there straight for a couple of hours far too often (too often judging by the state of the kitchen, anyway!). But I do find it harder than I used to (years ago) sit and work at the computer without having lots of breaks on the internet.
for me it's a matter of attention span--I have to force myself not to look at the number of page numbers I have left, or what time it is, or whether or not someone has emailed me--you just have to stop and let go. Which is easier with fiction than non-fiction, but I don't have much fiction-reading time right now. D:
Yes. I agree. On the damage to attention spans in particular. Oh, *especially* non-fiction. I have such a hard time with textbooks.
But what I really like is this: I find myself driven by the idea that in their intimacy, the one-to-one attention they require, books are not tools to retreat from but rather to understand and interact with the world.
And this: I was reading both to escape and to be engaged.
And that is why reading is still worth it, even if it does become harder work.
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I disagree with part of that list.
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But what I really like is this: I find myself driven by the idea that in their intimacy, the one-to-one attention they require, books are not tools to retreat from but rather to understand and interact with the world.
And this: I was reading both to escape and to be engaged.
And that is why reading is still worth it, even if it does become harder work.
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