Learning how to enjoy reading — specifically long form reading — took a very concerted effort of both managing my time and effectively adjusting how I spend my personal time. It was really hard for me to sit and read one page. Now I'm at a point where I'll bring a book around to see if I can get more pages in because I want to see a point made, a statement finished or a point made. I'm writing about this now because this is something I do hear coming up from more people, I do try to talk about reading material, and it's a near-instant turn off.

I know schooling has played a big role into this, but I'd be remiss if I also ignored how the rise of short-form content as the primary means of information delivery and more information crunched into videos didn't also potentially contribute to this. I know it's definitely helped neurodivergent folks get their points across and digest new forms of information. Not only that, but I could also possibly point as the rise of television as another vehicle of information delivery being a contributor, but these are all strings that I can't explicitly prove. Ironically, these connections have been made in books in my reading list so maybe I just need to finish reading, lol.