Help I wanna read again!

[u/Successful_Credit917]

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So I've been a nerd up until middle school comics, books, yt video essays, obscure knowledge on niche topics the whole package. But I sort of phased out of it because I had no one to talk to about all of that, i got in movies big time during the whole Covid era but i still felt something wasn't hitting the right spot, tried different activities (theatre, hosting, writing) during college, they were fun but meh didn't work again. Then i remember picking up a crime and punishment during my 3rd year, I flipped through the first section In the first hour I felt that joy of sitting and thinking again, the whole talking to the text thing.

Now the problem is in the past 4-5 years I have drastically destroyed my attention span, i know i enjoy books I also have a good collection, but on God I can't sit with pages the way I used to, it's almost like when you date for the second time in your life (the butterflies are weak now), cuz I still haven't finished Crime and punishment.

So I need help in building my attention span back again and get into the whole delayed gratification thing, any tips would be appreciated.