Reading despite the drool-worthy display

Over the past year, I haven’t read much. Or rather, I’ve read quite a bit—compared to the average of my fellow countrymen—and as much as I would have liked—compared to the goal I had set myself on Literal. But I don’t feel like I’ve read well. I’ve often had the feeling of reading with a snobbishness, without a good concentration, too susceptible to distractions, uncomfortable. So, I’ve read, but I would have liked to read better.

Considering that I don’t use social media and rarely watch videos, this lack of concentration has thrown me off a bit. Despite my distance from voluntary distractions, I too have been affected by the epidemic of lack of attention. Concentrating for long periods has been really difficult for me.

It’s not a question of willpower: if attention is lacking, it is lacking. And very frequently it has been lacking. I could have done more.

Concentrating has been difficult. Resisting the temptation to grab my phone and peek at RSS feeds, at the news, or at my to-dos has been very difficult. I had to have to physically distance myself from my device, which is often difficult because I always have it at hand.

Well, I don’t have any great good resolutions for 2025, but maybe this is the only thing I have to promise myself to do: stay a little further away from that damn drool-worthy display. I can do without it.

Welcome to the new year.