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How do you all READ while in full time college? I’m working a job + classes but I still want to read, but I find myself drawn to easier dopamine dumps (think Reels). Tips?
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Anonymous 4w

Started getting off the screen for an hour before bed and replaced it with a book, helped me fall asleep easier. You just gotta force yourself into it

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Anonymous 4w

Or you could swap for listening to audio books while you’re so busy. I’ve started listen ring to books when I clean and do errands and that’s helped quite a bit!

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Anonymous 4w

I read books during classes that I don’t need to pay attention in, I read during meals, I read while waiting in lines, I listen to audiobooks when I walk to class/to work, I read at least an hour or two before bed, I take 20 min reading breaks every so often when I study and find myself flagging. And I work as a host so I sneak some reading in when the restaurant is slow

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Anonymous 4w

put down the reels

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Anonymous 4w

a chapter a night

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Anonymous 4w

especially when classes begin and i have more important things to do than pleasure read, any breaks i take at work i spend reading. any breaks between classes and don’t have assignments to do, i read

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Anonymous 4w

Read a chapter as a reward for each assignment you get done

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Anonymous 4w

uninstalling social media worked pretty well for me

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Anonymous 4w

so real

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Anonymous 4w

I had to friends in college so it was basically classes, work, some homework. and any free time (between classes, before bed, in the morning, lunch) was reading

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Anonymous 4w

I read before bed, between class, during meals, breaks at work. I used to scroll before bed and during meals esp and it definitely took getting used to, but I find myself feeling more rested now that I’ve replaced the habit.

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Anonymous 4w

Everything that they said plus just keeping a book with me wherever I go so I can try to replace those awkward stand still moments with a book instead

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Anonymous 4w

I delete my social media for the school year and audiobooks are great!!

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Anonymous 4w

Honestly what I did was just use an app locker after a certain time. If I’d read that day I was allowed to disable it but if not I had to go read before I could get back on insta

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Anonymous 4w

Audiobooks babyyyyy

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Anonymous 4w

audiobooks!!

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Anonymous 4w

i have a class i don’t pay attention in, i read during it instead. i also started replacing doomscrolling with reading

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Same here! I try to set out an hour before bed to read :) Honestly, help with my mental health sooo much

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 4w

why am i being downvoted bro i just answered the question 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 4w

Idk fs but I think it’s the ignoring class part - why pay for a class you’re going to read through? This sub-page is very pro education pro intellectualism so it’d make sense that’s the reason. Otherwise I have no clue.

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 4w

i just didn’t like the way it was taught, not that i didn’t care or didn’t study. lowest grade i ever got in that class was a 96 so me reading was never a problem 🤷

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4w

How do you read while eating? I’d be so scared to drop my book in my food or vice versa lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #20 4w

ebooks! I’m the same lol I’d never read a physical book while eating, I’m too messy

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4w

(if someone tried to dm me a question from this comment, yikyak is not letting me respond, im so sorry idk what’s going on)

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4w

It’s spam, they dm’ed me too

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4w

ah okay that makes me feel better. thanks for letting me know!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4w

That’s what I do all the time. Especially when I’m working on the property, chopping wood, cleaning, etc.

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