/lit/ - Literature

She goes in my art hoes folder. I guess.

This bitch loves anal.

>>18845882
I read in the bathtub, while listening to Gregorian chant.

Buy self help books anon, none of us here really cares for your zoomerish shit.

>>18845882
Concentration is a trainable faculty, there are physical changes in the brain that take place when it is frequently employed which make it easier and more passive to take advantage of. Put in reading time regularly, like an hour a day minimum, broken into two thirty minute sections of you must (but not much shorter). Neuroplasticity will then work its magic over time.

>>18845914
>Neuroplasticity

Absolutely this OP. This is why it's so important for kids to read. The human brain is most easily molded in childhood because it's still forming during the critical learning period, in fact scientist used to think that only young brains could be molded, but that's not true. Adults can "rewire" their brains too, it just takes a little longer because we lose neurons as we age, but the good news is that even adults have neural stem cells which can make new neurons and neural connections. There's no "trick" to it, it literally boils down to becoming what you repeatedly do. If you read a lot, you're going to be a good reader, or better than you were when you started.

I recommend reading a lot of things that you like. Horror, erotic literature, comedy, etc. are all things that you'll find easier to focus on, and it'll train your brain to better concentrate on written words. So to quote basically every teacher ever, "read more!"

>>18845882
Common problem nowdays.
Meditation worked for me.
I'm not perfect but before it i couldnt even read a sentence.
So look up vids on how to meditate and do it every day.

>>18845882
>>18845893
Your picture and this comment explains why. The more you coom and consume sexual material and engage in sexual behaviors, the larger this takes up residence in the brain. Because it is more instinctual, its urges are stronger and outcompete those for reading, especially when reinforced. Stop watching porn, stop having sex, stop thinking sexual thoughts for months and compare the before and after. You get distracted because the microcurrents in your brain are primed to trigger most of your motives toward the end of sex or masturbation.

just refocus on the book or find a more interesting one. it gets easier and eventually it won't take effort at all

>>18846065
>erotic literature

read Plato's dialogues
ending with Parmenides
it'll reinitalize your mind

>>18846065
>erotic literature
Worse for your brain than porn. Moment arousal starts, your prefrontal functioning goes down the drain, and ends flow state. You associate reading with this, you're never going to make it and are just going to get distracted with masturbation or sex, then not feel like reading anymore.

>>18845882

stop consuming social media

stop watching movies

stop changing context every 2 minutes, from instagram to twitter to 4chan to reddit to instagram to twitter to 4chan to facebook

do nothing but read books

your brain will adapt, it always does

every day, every hour, every minute

or don't and be filtered

>>18845914
>>18846065
I have ADHD it's an actual condition not something that can be resolved by just trying harder to focus.

Idiots.

>>18846065
This. If you read "intellectual" (tends to be a bit boring, and hard to follow) books as someone who doesn't read much, the act of reading tends to devolve into a chore and therefore something you rather avoid in favor of more easily digestible media. Try to read something you find interesting, even if the book doesn't make you "smarter" because reading is a skill and improves the more time you put into it.

>>18845882
have a goal when reading. when i start to read a chapter my goal is to finish the chapter. once i've read all of the chapter i either continue onto the next one and finish that one if i'm really in the zone or go do something else and return to the book when i'm ready. walk, don't run

>>18846587
She's never going to fuck you bro.

>>18845882
If you have an internet addiction, do a 24 or 48 hour dopamine fast and plan to not use the internet as much afterwards.

>>18845882
>How do you concentrate on your reading?
by enjoying it

>>18845882
ADHD meds. I have the same problem you do when I'm off them

>>18847886
>my local witch doctor said I have brain aids, he says the cure is to shove fistfulls of ginseng up my ass twice a day so I can concentrate to make more government tokens.
This is what you sound like.

>>18849819
No, that's what you sound like.

>>18845882
Meditation for sure. The problem is people don't tell you how to employ it for this. Thoughts are like clouds, you can either chase them and go off on your tangent or you can let them pass. They always seem really important, especially anxious ones, but I can almost guarantee they aren't and will be remembered later. If they are important, write them down. Then forget about them for the time you must focus on reading. All about doing one thing at a time.

>>18849860
People always recommend meditating as a productivity hack or for achieving something in the world, but it’s really opening a can of worms if you go for more than an hour regularly.

>>18845894
B A S E D

>>18849876
Believe me, I've been there, and have that same pic saved. You can use it to learn how to focus though, because it teaches you that it's possible to control your thoughts rather than submitting to whatever pops into your head.

>>18849834
>>18847886
This is just an excuse to not put in the effort. Self-defeating loser. It's not ADHD but your medication that would be the problem, neither stop you from carefully fixing your brain though. It's not like something simple and blatant, such as height. This is your brain and it's working fine.

>>18849934
>>18847886
Also, they said nothing of 'trying harder', they told you to establish a routine of slowly training your brain. Yet you ignore this and immediately default to 'I can't do to it, I'm defective'.

>>18849876
Deep meditation is about confronting every part of yourself, it's not meant to be easy or safe.

>>18849934
>>>/boomer/

>>18849876
>>18849946
If your own ugly thoughts can scare you you haven't seen enough shit.

>>18850613
You have no idea.

>>18845882
Severe cardiovascular exercise, everyday or every other day. It increases serotonin available to the central nervous system, which improves concentration and mood.

This is the same neurotransmitter that the Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) drug used for depression artificially makes available.

>>18850700
Only prey run. As an ubermensch alpha male I lift heavy things.

>>18845882
I’m dyslexic and this happens with me all the time.
I see no problem with it really.

>>18847825
>don't watch movies

Movies are fine if they are within the strata that requires you to be at least partially cognizant of what you are watching

>>18848765
>dopamine fast
it's a meme bro

Try the READWALK.

Take a book to the park, walk and read at the same time. It works better with an e-reader because you can hold and turn in one hand.

>>18847886
I know a dude who has ADHD who reads philosophy between workout sets. He's read most of the Greek plays last year as well as all of Plato, he's reading Nietzsche and Kant now and is enjoying them.
You can do it anon! Believe in yourself! Start with small tangible goals and go on from there!

>>18845894
unbased, bathtub makes you sterile

>>18850690
Neither do you.

>>18852752
>not bathing in cold water
ebic r*ddit moment

>>18850709
>t. 500lb powershitter
You would be prey in the wild, chased 100 yards before you drop dead of exhaustion.

>>18851800
Can you tell me more about this dude, sounds based. Maybe I should bring Hamlet to my workout tomorrow

>>18851800
he **reads** them, does he **understand** them?

>>18849876
>opening a can of worms if you go for more than an hour regularly
What happens?

>>18850700
it doesn't work for me, i fell for the /fit/ meme and it only made me feel worse

>>18851800
> he's reading Nietzsche and Kant now and is enjoying them.
Tell me how I know you (or he ) is lying.