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Originally Posted by Sirtel
I know most people here read whenever they have a free moment, but I've always needed a peaceful atmosphere to concentrate on books. Even as a child, I never took books out with me when I left home, even though I read a lot at home.
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I used to find reading around the public very hard, all the situations, noises, conversations would tug at my concentration and draw me away from the narrative. I'd find my eyes had followed the text to the end of the page but my brain hadn't absorbed the content.
One of the many positive side-effects of meditation helped with this; just as you learn to allow the sparks of thoughts to cool and disappear rather than starting little fires of distraction, you're also able to do the same with noisy distractions from your physical location, tuning them out.
Active noise cancelling headphones with a little white noise is still helpful for public transport though.