I swore them off for a decade and I regret it so much. I’ve been reading for fun for the first time since I started my undergrad, and it’s been amazing.
Say all you want about the “nostalgia of holding a book”, but a book in your ears is better than none at all.
I spend so much of my free time listening to audiobooks nowadays. And it feels like a bit more variety having audiobooks, physical books, and ebooks available depending on mood.
Audiobooks are a weird medium for me where I’m not really sure what to do with my body while listening to them. I get easily distracted if I try to do something else like cooking or knitting, and I get fidgety if I just sit and stare at a wall. My mind just wanders and I can’t lose myself in the story like I can when eyeball reading. I listen to podcasts on my walk to work, no problem, but I need to focus 100% on books or I don’t process them at all.
Yeah, it took me awhile to train my brain to focus on them. I have to do something that requires almost no thought to basically keep my hands busy without distracting me from focusing on the book.
Audiobooks.
I swore them off for a decade and I regret it so much. I’ve been reading for fun for the first time since I started my undergrad, and it’s been amazing.
Say all you want about the “nostalgia of holding a book”, but a book in your ears is better than none at all.
I spend so much of my free time listening to audiobooks nowadays. And it feels like a bit more variety having audiobooks, physical books, and ebooks available depending on mood.
Audiobooks are a weird medium for me where I’m not really sure what to do with my body while listening to them. I get easily distracted if I try to do something else like cooking or knitting, and I get fidgety if I just sit and stare at a wall. My mind just wanders and I can’t lose myself in the story like I can when eyeball reading. I listen to podcasts on my walk to work, no problem, but I need to focus 100% on books or I don’t process them at all.
Yeah, it took me awhile to train my brain to focus on them. I have to do something that requires almost no thought to basically keep my hands busy without distracting me from focusing on the book.
I’m 1000% pro-audiobooks. I listen to them when I wash dishes, drive, or play certain video games.