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I Love Literature

I love literature, but I have lacked the motivation to read. I buy book after book, dreamily caressing their covers as if bound by an innate and indomitable desire to open and become them, only to have them sit forlorn on the shelves.

What happened? I used to always have a book in hand, and now, when I do, I don't open them. They have become a placebo of comfort, never going beyond the aesthetic intent of merely holding them against my statuesque form. I wish to read as a dreamer reads again. I wish to fly.

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DeusVult · 26-30, M

[c=#1F5E00]Usually when I'm like that I make a schedule where I have to read books instead of doing other things for a while. With the advent of the internet and sites such as this, it can be easy to get swept up in the skinner's box-esque of constant self-gratification phones and internet provide, while the things that slowly build up and overall provide more satisfaction such as books are constantly put aside as a result. What book would you read right now if you could choose one?[/c]

AnnaKarenina · 31-35, F

I can't even pick. I think I have maybe 10 books I've started within the past year, and many more I've acquired. Maybe I have too many books that I've started reading, and it's made me indecisive! I have "Autobiography of a Yogi," which is the most recent book I've at least made to the halfway point, but I really wanted to finish "The Idiot," by Dostoevsky. I'm thinking of choosing a really easy book to read to get in the habit of devoting my attention to physical text again. I like your idea of scheduling a time where you have to sit down and read. You're definitely correct about the constant self-gratification, which isn't something I considered. Thanks for the revelations :)