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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
But for some people the right atmosphere is conducive to being able to let go enough to get lost in the book. I know people who can't read on a train because they're worried about missing their stop, and therefore aren't able to get into whatever it is they're reading because of that worry.
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Personally, I set my phone's vibrating alarm to go off at the stop before mine, so I can read without concern, and I won't miss my stop. (Because I've done that, too! "Excuse me, I'm...
where?") I always say, if people want to do something, they can figure out a way to do it. If they can't, then they just don't want to do it
that much...
I understand that people have different attention levels, and need more or less distraction when they do something like reading. My experience has been that, for many people who value the specific sensory experience of "enjoying a good book," and cannot tune out the distractions (my wife, for instance), e-books are often too distracting in themselves (too different than the bound reams of paper they associate with the experience), and when I get that impression, like I said, I don't push it on them.