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I think all of the comments are very helpful and are tactics I’ve used quite successfully to manage similar difficulties. But I wanted to add that your symptoms are also consistent with ADHD without being sufficient to merit such a diagnosis in and of themselves. There are (some, controversial) indications that ADHD is over-diagnosed in male children and young adults. Less well known is that it’s likely under-diagnos…
I started with reading news reports and progressed to books. The one must is that it has to be something you are very interested in reading and you have to do it every day
Another ADDer here. I have two modes of operation: hyper focused or not. Things that require focus, like deep reading mean I need to switch operating modes. I have oodles of ways to address this issue so I only chose a few. Maybe one helps. Ways I do that: 1. Be really interested in the content — not sure if this works with a non add brain, but it really doesn’t matter where I am, if it’s interesting I’ll jump right…
I'd love to use a tool (in-browser perhaps? or an app for tablets?) where I could:
- load/import reading material from various sources (typically web articles or ebooks)
- efficiently edit in-place (with a trace of the original content, google-docs-like),
- annotate words or paragraphs,
- classify the content for future reference (a sort-of Mendeley bibtex builder, as opposed to simple bookmarks)
- auto-formatting for "pretty-printing" (thinking about the reader mode in browsers there)
- perhaps with the option of sharing that content, or allowing for comments on my annotations (here I am thinking about goodreads and how authors themselves can answer questions about the books directly)
* Get disconnected from gadget.
* Associate reading with some other task, aka listening to instrumentals. This will trigger you to pick book, get into reading mode.
* Pick or make a reading corner where you don't have any distraction.
* Divide 25-30 mins chunks.
* Eat well, breath and meditate.
Your brain is tired, and you are getting older. It's natural. Take a vacation.
It really helped me
Another ADDer here. I have two modes of operation: hyper focused or not. Things that require focus, like deep reading mean I need to switch operating modes. I have oodles of ways to address this issue so I only chose a few. Maybe one helps. Ways I do that: 1. Be really interested in the content — not sure if this works with a non add brain, but it really doesn’t matter where I am, if it’s interesting I’ll jump right…
How do you learn to work with the breath?