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Originally Posted by lindseyleeanna
When you read slowly, your mind tends to wander off in all different directions, things about your day, tomorrow, something people said, what you want to eat, and so on. If you find yourself rereading text then you should read faster, not slower. I work best when I'm actively scanning for information or answers.  |
I read fast naturally, and have to intentionally slow myself down. But if a book is holding my interest, my mind doesn't wander. When engrossed in a book, I can totally block out what is happening around me.
If I find my mind wandering while reading, it's because the book is boring or is just not pulling me in.
I've never really understood the desire to "speed read" aside from those with required reading for school etc. While I may read some books quickly, lite fiction for example, I generally like to immerse myself in a book, and savor it, taking my time. I'm "seeing" in my brain what is going on in the text. I'm "there."
Some authors, Jane Austen for example, I can't read so quickly. When I do, I lose the train of thought and what is being said.