I don't do anything productive anymore

I used to be such a bookworm and such a lover of learning, but I haven't watched or read anything in many, many months. I sometimes read a few pages from an old novel I have, but I haven't done any serious reading or learning of any kind in a long time. I pick up a book, feel disgusted and put it down. I feel like books have failed me because all the time I have invested in them didn't help me achieve anything real.

I'm basically blaming my lack of many real life skills on the fact that I used to spend all my time reading and trying to learn more... (and I know this is utterly ridiculous, but that's where I am now). I sometimes come across interesting books and download them but I can't get passed the first or second page. Yesterday I downloaded "The Diary of a Nobody" and "Excellent Women". Old books, good reviews, but I'm not reading them

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hartfire

It depends on what you read and what you do with the information.
When I first left home I had only a few basic cooking skills which my mother had taught me.
By boyfriend had terrible acne.
I bought a book called [i]Let's Eat Healthy[/i] by Adele Davis, which described the connection between nutrition and food and offered recipes for various special needs. I stated cooking her dishes and within two weeks my boyfriend's acne cleared up and never returned during the time we were together. Ever since, I have always eaten only fresh and whole foods, no preservatives, refined sugars or starches or highly processed foods. I'm now 66 and still in good health.
Some books can increase our general knowledge so we can become better conversationalists.
Some help us learn how to think.
Some help us develop hobbies or become better at our work or find ways to help others.
And some are purely for pleasure, which I consider not a bad thing. We all need down time and leisure.