I read as many books as I can. Mindless books, things I don’t have to think to hard about. Silly, goofy and light hearted.
The issue? My attention span.
Sometimes I find myself reading while my mind is wandering off in a million different directions. I will look, and I mean really look – not just glaze over – at the page I am on and realize that I have no idea what is going on. I must have missed a whole page or two.
So backtracking I go.
I find I do this often while I am reading, which is sad because I feel like books should take you away from your real life and allow you access to someone else’s life, a rich fantasy (or some drunk girl who lost her phone and the guy that finds it is her one true love) of not-so-subtle characters finding themselves.
This attention span issue does not always make reading easy, and surprisingly; I can focus better on a task when I have some background noise. Reading at the gym or with the radio on helps exponentially, and in a calm and quiet room all of the what-ifs crawl into my brain. I have always hoped that this is a regular occurrence among my peers!
Other times when I read, I find myself reading and understanding the words, but not comprehending anything I am reading. I know what I am reading, and I know what I should understand; but that pesky paragraph about ordering coffee and spilling down the front of a sundress will not, by any means, stick in my memory.
I have been told I am a dreamer, and maybe this blog backs up this claim – so if reading a book makes my mind wander beyond ordinary limits, then I say let the dreamer escape.
I’m with you…nothing wrong with a dreamer escape. It puts wind in our sails as we muddle through life. Dream on and dream big!
Keep on keeping on
Oh, I’ve been known to backtrack from time to time. All this Yoga/meditation in my life has made reading so much more enjoyable for my wandering mind.
Now, I either focus like a mofo or snap out of it (or into it, rather?) when I wander. : )
I was in to yoga during the fall, need to get back in to it! And I think snapping in is the good option!
Yay and LOL!