Yes, you read that right! The last book I touched with the plans to read it was an old book, one about Public speaking. Okay, maybe I did read a few pages but I stopped at the first chapter and never got to read the next chapter yet. Even though I enjoyed the knowledge I gained from the book, I still need a lot of motivation to continue it.
Am I not a book lover? Don't I read books at all? Well, I'm a lover of books but that would be my younger self. Maybe it's the responsibilities and too many time given to online activities, I've almost lost my love for reading books. I said almost because I tend to read just fine with no struggle if I should decide to pick up a book now.
Books have always been my thing until I can't remember how I stopped, I enjoyed reading so much that I even had stories I wrote myself, even though I never got to publish them as I had planned. But my whole childhood, there were books and a lot of reading time than playing time. It's no wonder I take my school studies serious.
While I was browsing through my mum's stuff in search of an item I needed, I bumped into a book titled "Public Speaker" or something like that and it immediately go my attention because I had once attended a program that tried to teach it's audience on how to speak in public. I thought reading the book will help me a lot on that part.
So I picked this old but still intact book up around three months ago and with so much excitement, I started to read the first chapter. I would be honest to say, it felt really weird when I opened the book to read. The smell of book, the silence that followed as I wanted to concentrate and the act of flipping to the next page, it was all weird.
But that weird feeling, I loved it and I didn't realize I had abandoned my phone that was buzzing with notifications so I could focus on what the book is about. The sad thing was, that excitement and book reading session didn't last long and I've been struggling to go back to continue the book. I mean, it's been three months and it's still there.
No, I'm not blaming it on the book because it was as engaging as a good book should be. I could imagine myself speaking so confidently in public as I read through the first chapter because the writers made sure to build the confidence of their readers as they go through the pages. Where I lost the excitement was getting distracted online.
The plan was to get what I needed to do, done and go back to reading the book but somehow, it's been that long since I touched the book again. I don't know the next time I'll be reading a book but I'll definitely read more in the future, it's one of my silent goals. I'm still holding back but when I finally decide to read, it will be a longer journey.
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Abandoned the phone while reading book does not that weird. At least you already force yourself to scrolling. That was the hard thing when you read, I think, I sometimes can not handle it!
Haha glad you can relate to it too.
I find it hard to return to that passion of when you want to read something, I hope you can find it again
I hope we both can find it. 😊
Busy life and engagement to other activities is the one reason we are keeping ourself away from one very good hobbie i.e. reading book.