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Bad at Reading

I'm bad at reading. That is, I read very few books, and I even seem to struggle with long form articles on the web.

Why is that?

Is it something I've become bad at through lack of practice (failing to build a habit of reading)? Something I've become bad at through practicing the wrong thing (building a habit of failing to read)? Something intrinsic to my brain? Am I just trying to read the wrong things?

I don't know whether it's a problem or not. I feel very ignorant on a huge number of topics and I feel like perhaps if I read more then I could be less ignorant. On the other hand, there will always be vastly more things I'm ignorant about than things I'm knowledgeable about, so perhaps it's a silly thing to worry about.

I had a look at BookWyrm, and sometimes thought about trying to use it. But of course, that's like trying to get better at keeping your house tidy by buying lots of books about decluttering. It is perhaps *adjacent* to what you're ostensibly trying to do, but it's not actually *doing* the thing.

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