I used to read a *ton*, and super fast and accurately, of all varying genres and materials; 100+ books a year easily - and that was on top of the ~10,000 words a week I had to edit. Now it's maybe 1-2 books a year, and it's a painfully awful experience. I can't even keep up with subtitles on TV.
For me the issue stems from a TBI and vision problems, but I gather from a neurospychologist I see that the issue of reading/focus has a lot to do with how we digest information now in bits and pieces through social media, places like Calgary puck. It sorta re-wires our brains to not like long-form. She explained it waaay better haha. It's actually fascinating stuff.
|