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I feel the same. I think it's mostly "impatience" or the fear of losing time. We get older and busier and the "price" we pay to spend hours on a book gets more and more expensive. Learning is an investment, and as my salary increases and life gets more comfortable, my brain doesn't feel the urge to learn and prefers leisure. I'm looking for ways to "hack" my brain and get back into the habit of learning in my free ti…
That's super annoying, because while I procrastinate on reading papers or even articles on the things I want to learn (as in, I feel - at least occasionally - motivated and positive about learning), works of fiction, like novels or short stories, can instantly suck me in for days . Somehow, when it comes to fiction, the beancounter in my head just packs up and goes on a leave.
Re: Learning needs to be effortful to be effective
#151Perhaps you’re still learning to enjoy life.