How I Learned to Read Again in an Age of Distraction

I Learned to Read Again

I trace my journey from a ravenous young reader to an adult whose reading habits were eroded by social pressure, work, and the rise of social media. I explore how love, money worries, and the desire to find my own writing voice created barriers, before detailing my personal rehabilitation project to reclaim the deep, inner life that only books can provide.

"Reading seemed, in that context, like checking out, not so different from sitting down on the street and rattling an empty coffee cup."