Losing patience to read deeply?

[WindingRoad]

I find that I get completely distracted these days when I'm reading, and I think a lot of the new technology has to do with it. I'll read for a bit, then feel the need to go online, or check my phone. It's actually unnerving to me that I can't sit still and focus.

Amen Sister, lol! I'm there! My version did come with a diagnosis however

[Pax]

Can I move in with you and your honey? Central Indiana isn't the most literary of cities. Sadly, we don't even have a bookstore, chain or otherwise, in downtown Indy anymore. Oh, what I wouldn't do for a Powell's or the like.

Come on over!

I definitely realize how lucky we are in this town. We have a vibrate arts community, a wonderful live music scene, and access to lectures and symposiums from some of the brightest minds in the world. Other than the weather, it's almost perfect.

[Crankin]

Indy, make friends with your local librarian. Really. When I first moved back here, I lived in a small rural town that had little money and was full of people who didn't value anything literate. But I found support at the local library.
And, I got all of the town gossip there, too.

[indysteel]

Indy, make friends with your local librarian. Really. When I first moved back here, I lived in a small rural town that had little money and was full of people who didn't value anything literate. But I found support at the local library.
And, I got all of the town gossip there, too.

That's a very good suggestion, especially since (a) I haven't been able to make any friends in my town and (b) the library is just a few blocks away.