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Old 03-16-2009, 12:56 AM   #46
Alisa
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Originally Posted by mtravellerh View Post
I am a pretty fast reader (about 100 average sized pages per hour), but I think the secret for reading a lot is much more simple: Cut back on the TV consumption. I have been cutting my TV time to daily news and the occasional movie I am specifically interested in, Result: It takes me only about two to three days to finish an average sized book.
For me, you would need to substitute "Internet" for "TV". I do have a TV but I don't spend much time watching it. My big chunk of TV time is while I'm working out which is time I can't really read anyway. I have a job that takes over 40 hours a week, a husband, friends and family, the menagerie (my pets, fosters, strays, TNR work) and some volunteer work. It's so hard to get a long, delicious bit of time where I can lose myself in a story. I hate diving in for ten or fifteen minutes just to have to drag myself out again. The Internet is easier for those little chunks of free time I have. Sadly, I think it encourages the trend towards shortened attention spans in our culture at least as much as television does.
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