Finish a book

youre thinking of cock. or youre a poseur simp so you aint even entertained by the word processing, its just you staring at a "status device".

not everyone can concentrate on a given activity for enough time for it to be meaningful. this is what truly separates the brainless from actual people.

Fuck you, I'm trying.

to acquire valuable meaning out of an experience is better than overload of unengagement that ticks you indifference

>poseur simp
What if you have enjoyed novels in the past and want to unlock the incredible experiences of more novels but your attention span is fragmented and short to power through it at the normal flowing pace it deserves?

dont try. forcing stuff on yourself is dumb. maybe you:

-dont actually like reading
-are filled with chemicals that are disturbing your concentration skills
-have a complexion that makes concentration harder than usual ie. a fat fuck
-have an environment which hinders concentration
-are mentally retarded

Meditation helped my memory a lot. At the end of each day you should meditate and try to remember what happened throughout your day, chronologically and in as much detail as possible. For example, don't just think in terms of "took the bus", "watched a movie", try to remember the people that caught your attention, reconstruct exactly what happened in the film. Depending on what you've been doing all day that might take up a long time, but the longer it takes, the more bliss you feel once you hit the present.

>seeking validation on Veeky Forums

lmao

He needs those headpats, don't spoil it.

Fuck off, bugman.

You literally set my teeth on edge. Shove your mindless consumer bullshit up your ass, cunt

You okay bro?

>t. hasn't opened their third eye yet

Pardon my ignorance I'm a genuine retard, but doesn't meditation imply a blank mind? At least the mainstream concept of it. How many kinds are there?

>youre thinking of cock.
a-ah

Is reading for 6h/day too much?

there's different kinds of meditations but I don't consider myself an expert in it. to be fair I think of what I described more of a concentration exercice, once I hit the present in my mind I start the actual meditation.

meditation will make you relax and comfy.

blank mind isn't a bad analogy regards to the benefit of meditation. when your mind is crystal clear, it is much easier to read, and dives in into the material. to be, to live in the mind (i know this sounds cliche guys but its the truth)

Reread it.

Write notes in the margins

me in an art gallery desu

the same but without even being conscious you are staring

read it again

Those football players seem so friendly: all willing to look after her and make sure she has a fun and safe night of drinking.

what if you're depressed and have to force yourself to do the things you used to enjoy because the alternative is doing something you hate but requires no effort so you have no desire to do something else?
I have legitimately found myself watching buzzfeed list videos on autoplay
is the general population just unknowingly depressed or do they go out of their way to consciously watch that tripe?

>what if you're depressed
then clean your room, bucko. also you cant force a high brain activity like reading and even more, force yourself to enjoyment, yikes, thats some sort of torture. like tickling torture. pump your body on endorphins or engage in manual, body heavy work. that should stabilize your system first, then you can go back to reading.

>is the general population just unknowingly depressed
most are automatons. ive had people just stop for half an hour and think about themselves and their decisions. and they end up like "huh funny i never did that before, its like whoa, never knew this would feel so good". you stop them and make them think, and they discover themselves for the first time in decades.

Cant believe it took this long for someone to suggest taking notes. Doesnt have to be in the margins, if you dont want to wreck the book just keep a notepad handy and take notes in that

DUDE, what your describing sounds like a intersting excercise but it's NOT meditation.

Meditation itself is work and intense concentrarion. The side effects are comfy.

i know, see

if you weren't a brainlet, you wouldn't be here, you'd be in STEM and invent fucking time machine

>unintentionally stare at the page for minutes at a time without even reading
delete this

unironically this

>don't unintentionally stare at the page for minutes at a time without even reading

Then what are you even doing

the worst thing is that this only happened to me as I got older. When I was a kid I could read for hours on end without spacing out.

the worst thing is that it's only gonna get worse my friend

fuck

It's the same with studying: don't do it when you've got other things to think about (or it won't be worthwhile).

I never "never have other things to think about"
as I get older my mind gets infinitely more busy. I don't know how to slow it down.

It's not really true. Back when i was a kid i read shit like Dinosaur books and kid novels. That's a lot easier to read than plowing through the Phenomenology of Spirit.

literally me

trying to read but being too retarded to do it

good or not?
why?

I think its good that you're self-aware,
Just laugh it off, being this retarted is funny really. Try harder, write what you've read in a small summery after a period of words. Tell me how it goes faggot

zoning out, day dreaming, etc.

Isn't this normal?
I thought the everyday individual did this.

this is legti autistic

Yeah man, i though it was weird that no one said it either. Alas, this is Veeky Forums; what else are we to expect?

>say "my favorite nook is Swann's way"
>oh what's it about, user?
>w-well it's hard t-to tell
my literally face when

what the fuck do you even put down in your notes?
i don't consider even the most profound reflections and insights i have while reading to be something worth writing down, seems embarrassing

This is scrubs right?
What episode?

>seems embarassing
It is.

>Just laugh it off, being this retarted is funny really.
not after you've been reading 6-10 hours a day for an entire year and seen no improvement whatsoever

It's not embarrassing if it's your own book.

>this is legti autistic
How so?

its embarrassing no matter what, no one cares what you think

this

>finish book

happens to me too

Then start smoking weed

neet?

degenerate

there is nothing degenerate in that

Cannabis is one of God's greatest gifts.

along with mountain dew and doritos

I don't think they are equivalent. Mountain dew and doritos don't conveniently grow everywhere.

this. i have almost no memories at all of my childhood, and i think it's because i just didn't pay attention at things and never had to put any efford into solving problems or anything.

if i ever have children, i will force them to write a diary, i think it literally has no downside, don't understand why so few people do it

Veeky Forums is shittier than usual today

actually read it next time

Kek

It does have a downside.
It's boring as shit to do. Writing is tiring as fuck.

yeah kids sure are better spending that half hour a day in facebook, youtube or Veeky Forums instead

Tempt someone else Lucy.

>Lucy.
?

It's our lifestyle user. Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism

Do a Q&A on it.
You'll find you know more.

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