Survey: attention span?

[ilai]

I feel like when I get bored, I should be reading a novel. But I've never gotten into the habit of reading fiction--I suspect my attention span is too short or something. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?

(For reference, the last book I read [aside from The Tao of Pooh] is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It took a while because I would read maybe 30-50 pages at a time, plus I was trying to get up to speed reading in Chinese again.)

Comments

[ilai]

I don't know if the newspaper counts; when I lived at ET I used to go through the Globe pretty regularly, but now I settle for the Metro each morning on my way to work. That and whatever other magazines were lying around--Time, Scientific American, Cosmo (for dramatic readings of course), etc. That reminds me, I haven't gotten my dose of Weekly World News lately.

DinnerFOOD is entertainment! :) I think I'm still figuring out what solitary activities to do, since there aren't 20-something other people around all the time any more. Maybe I should practice brush calligraphy.

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[lokiect.livejournal.com]

I find it hard to read books when I know I should be doing something else. I don't think I get bored often enough to be a useful datapoint, though.

If you're looking for hobbies, I'd happily suggest some sick number of hobbies, but you're probably too clever/lazy for most. ;9