I can completely relate to this article. As much as I love reading (and I do). I haven't been as diligent as I once was. I am constantly on my phone, watching TV shows online, checking my email, and I have even started playing online arcade games ( I don't know how I could've stooped so low 8/ ). I don't know how I have digressed so far from reading books every night before bed. It is appalling.
I can honestly say that I have at least 30 books piled on top of my desk waiting to be read (some are even 4 years old). This is not to say that I don't read, but I haven't been reading as often as I used to. This is also the result of my book buying habit. Even though I have more than enough reading material at home, I continue to buy more books in the unrealistic hope that I will read for a month and get all of my books cleared away and have nothing to read unless I buy this book right now.
My point being that I have severely reduced the amount of time I read because of the fact that I am constantly online or on my phone. It must've started sometime in middle school when I finally had access to freedom in what I watched on TV and when I could go to bed. With the freedom of middle school came the relentless pull of binge watching. Catching up on every cool show that had aired that I missed while still an "innocent child". At this point in time, my calendar is filled with atleast 35 shows that I watch WEEKLY. Even I know this is insane, but I can't stop now, I have to watch them all to the end!!!
Yes, I know that I should cut back, I know that I should make more time to read and make a dent in the pile of books on my desk, but the pull of the internet is just too strong. I live in the age of technology, and I fully admit, I am addicted to distraction!
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