>tfw can't even read books anymore because my attention span is total shit
How do you guys do it? How do you sit down with a book for more than 5 minutes with your mind wandering?
Hell it took me 10 minutes just to make this thread because I kept switching between tabs.
Unplug your computer, turn off your phone. I can read now, but I used to be almost the same. The Internet is a fucking poison for your mind.
I read out loud for 5 minutes. It forces me to concentrate on the words. After that I get sucked into the book like normal.
Drive to a park away from your house and read there, don't take your phone.
This. The internet encourages you to skim read and miss half of everything.
it's okay user, I was once that way too- I had a pic related attention span.
The trick is to delete your social media. All of it. No exceptions. Literally the only thing I kept was my snapchat to keep in touch with high school buddies and even then I only snap once or twice a day.
Then you start small; read articles online, then move on to books- maybe a chapter at a time at first.
Also start writing in cursive- there's something about handwriting that concentrates the mind. I keep a daily journal; I write at least a paragraph a day in it.
Meditate too. The ideal is twenty minutes twice a day, but I know not everyone has time for that. I just started meditating a few months ago so I usually go about five to ten minutes in the morning.
Yesterday I finished reading a book I had started on Saturday; it's truly a magical feeling having the attention span to do that. And I have fucking ADHD, so you can imagine how good it felt.
I used to be like you until I got rid of my phone.
This BUT it isn't just the internet: it's information technology in general. Smartphones are the biggest culprits here. It's a device that's meant to hold as much of your attention as possible. Get rid of it.
Cursive is really really good for making writing easy.
Even if your shit like me and make up your own characters so you don't break your flow
REALLY imagine what the words on the page are describing. What certain characters looks like, the setting. Feel the emotions of the people you're reading about. If you can do that, get immersed into the world of the book, it's easy to devour 100 pages in an hour or less. This doesn't only work for fiction.
I often feel like I forget a sentence as soon as I finish reading it.
What about looking up things?
>The trick is to delete your social media
All of my college announcements, exam terms, exam results etc. are posted ONLY on Facebook.
>He fell for the college meme
Just fucking kill yourself retard.
Nope, parents told if I don't finish college in 4 years I'll have to start working in a super market and have a real life contact with all sorts of idiots.
Im sorry to hear that user. I hope things turn out well for you and there is a job waiting for you at the end of it. And I hope you eventually gain some free agency of your own.
Train your brain to concentrate by spending time trying to concentrate
Meditation
Go to the library to read. I started doing this and it somehow magically helps you concentrate. Also library qts sometimes.
>Also start writing in cursive- there's something about handwriting that concentrates the mind. I keep a daily journal; I write at least a paragraph a day in it.
what
isn't cursive the standard for writing by hand?
Read the right books. Maybe what you've been reading isn't entertaining or interesting to you. You don't need to read off lit-charts. Anything is fine, as long as you enjoy it
It's this thread again. Looks like you haven't been working on trying to improve your attention span then.
No, most people in my age range print nowadays. Which is sad; handwriting is objectively better for your mind.
nytimes.com
Yes, it's so much easier. I can write loooong passages now, whereas when I was a printcuck, I could barely write a full paragraph without my hand tiring.
I also had the gift of having my grandmother- who only writes in cursive- write out the alphabet in cursive characters so I'd have something to work off of.
Actually got a major confidence boost one day when someone in my class told me my writing looks like the Constitution. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a calligrapher by any means, but I do write a hell of a lot better.
That's retarded; my college uses Blackboard/Canvas.
If you absolutely need facebook for college, ONLY use it for college, nothing else.
>That's retarded
My whole country is retarded, consequently its college
>If you absolutely need facebook for college, ONLY use it for college, nothing else.
Well, obviously, except it's cancer and ads popup everywhere, and some pawg profile pic bitch post the exam results just to get more attention.
You've got to ignore that shit and focus. If you absolutely CANNOT resist the siren song of social media, at least limit yourself.
I didn't just go cold turkey on social media, I phased it out over about a month and a half. Posted less and less, checked it less and less. If you're on it excessively, limit yourself to an hour a day, or half an hour a day. Then get down to 10-15 minutes. After that it's not difficult to give it up entirely.
Also, dude, get some adblock.
Adblock doesn't block ads on facebook, and last few weeks it doesn't block anything afaik. Same with uorigin.
>After that it's not difficult to give it up entirely.
Are we going in a circle here? I just said I can't give it up, I'll fail college if I give it up. I already deleted it 3 months ago, and I paid $50 for late applying for exam. It was announced on facebook what the deadline for applying is. And then created a new facebook just for college.
Uh, why do I ever bother typing this, you can't possibly imagine the misery of my college...
Might do you some good
Do you go to some for-profit internet school or something? Don't they announce the exams in class? Aren't they on the syllabus?
It's the primary public university in the capital city, but the country is in a collapsing stage.
>Don't they announce the exams in class
Yes, but that's for the first session, in the begining of the intersemester summer vacation. There's another exam session in the end of the summer, and that's not planned by the end of the prevacation classes.
>Aren't they on the syllabus?
No, only the class schedule is on the syllabus (not even for all subjects actually).
What country? And something just occurred to me: do you try to read books in your native language or in English? If the latter, you might wanna try reading in a language you know better.
Anyway, the only real advice is to buckle down and MAKE yourself read. It'll be slow at first, but as you read more it'll get easier. Close your laptop, silence your phone. Maybe sit outside if the weather permits. Don't make excuses. If you want to improve your attention span you have to work at it.
Thanks for advice, user.
read more. read books that genuinely interest you. stop watching porn and consuming caffeine.
In places other than America.
Here in the UK a lot of people consider print writing childish in formal writings.
>All of my college announcements, exam terms, exam results etc. are posted ONLY on Facebook
Your college sounds retarded, they surely must have some sort of accessible database and email system.
Audiobooks will help you a lot. Get a nice long one and listen. It'll help if only a bit with that attention.
Read this article a while ago. It's a pretty in depth look into what the internet does to your cognitive behavior and why thats the case. It's a fun read y'all check it out.
theatlantic.com
thank you
Cursive is for women and fairy boys.
Print is for patrician Chads.
Get on that pomodoro. Let yourself be productive and short attentioned.
>the atlantic
>taking anything they put out seriously
>refusing to read a good article because you dont like the webby site its on
>being a dumb baby