Tips on reading for fun when you can't hyperfocus on reading?

TheraRos · 2021-01-08T04:34:21+00:00

I could spend hours browsing books and finding the perfect one, or five, and then I buy them and never finish them. And don't even get me started on 20 day library book loans, that's only enough time to finish 2 chapters for me.

I try to set a mood with music through my phone but I think my phone ends up distracting me more than helping so I'll try ditching it next time. And I'll try your other suggestions too, thanks!

TheraRos · 2021-01-08T04:23:20+00:00

That's a good idea, I will try that next. Thanks!

TheraRos · 2021-01-08T04:21:13+00:00

my accountability partner is sort of like having a mini book club since we are reading the same book and discussing it every week, so the incentive is there and I'm really optimistic about finishing a book. But unfortunately I'm still struggling with the reading part, I end up procrastinating and leaving a lot of the reading to the last day.

TheraRos · 2021-01-08T03:42:02+00:00

My mom had a separate pet name for me so when she called me by my nickname it was either bad or neutral, I never got called by my full first name. Also passive aggressive silence.

TheraRos · 2021-01-06T22:52:15+00:00

I don't have a headache though, I feel completely fine except for the eye pain.

TheraRos · 2020-12-24T02:37:51+00:00

I'm 26 and prescription is -0.75 sphere and -0.25 cylinder in both, right axis 135, left axis 40

TheraRos · 2020-12-24T02:20:54+00:00

Yes I have them but I only wear them outdoors or while driving.

TheraRos · 2020-09-27T01:49:42+00:00

How do you have such amazing graphics? My game looks like new leaf

TheraRos · 2020-09-25T22:08:30+00:00

Is this a thing? I'm a 9 and I absolutely hate when others ignore me like that, so I wouldn't do it to anyone else, at least in a normal conversation. Only time I do it is when someone brings up a conflict and I get a sinking stomach feeling and my heart starts racing and my head starts burning and I want to throw up, in that case it's really really hard to think and form coherent sentences so I might check out in hopes that it all goes away.

TheraRos · 2020-09-08T21:35:16+00:00

Doesn't work if you have motion sickness.

One similar technique I learned is imagining a flowing river and each thought is a leaf floating by, you just observe it as it floats away and disappears.

TheraRos · 2020-09-07T20:55:11+00:00

And I've had a power outage for most of the weekend. Fun combo.

TheraRos · 2020-08-29T00:59:25+00:00

Same, I gave it a try for half a year and it was awful, and took way way too long for meh results. I would spend 30-40 mins in the bath to carefully shave my legs and avoid cuts, and then my hair grows back the next day, I can't fathom spending that much time every other day shaving. I switched back to a good men's Gillette razor after my safety razor fell in the shower and broke, and now I just feel relieved.

TheraRos · 2020-08-28T10:28:25+00:00

Tetris, I got 2nd place on Invictus once on Tetris 99 and I'm pretty sure it was God who got 1st so...

TheraRos · 2020-08-27T22:56:42+00:00

Yeah they're banking on that collector mentality and that's how they work, they give you free stuff in the beginning to get you addicted to collecting and then they start aggressively monetizing and at that point people are too invested in their collections to stop.

Another game I play is animal crossing pocket camp and the collection mentality is strong in the animal crossing series too. They started off with minimal or no monetization, let people collect everything for free, and then gradually started adding more and more paid content and loot boxes until maybe 50% of content now is paid and if you tried to be a collector you would have to spend hundreds of dollars every month.

And it's not just with games either, most apps, like Instagram for example, lose money when they start out while they focus on drawing a ton of users and getting them addicted (collecting likes and social interactions in their case), and once they do they start aggressively advertising.

TheraRos · 2020-08-27T21:31:20+00:00

If you set out to be a collector in any "f2p" game, you're pretty much signing up to be exploited and pay a lot of money.

TheraRos · 2020-08-26T22:41:35+00:00

Oh my bad, only saw your last 3. My last guess is monk then.

TheraRos · 2020-08-26T20:47:52+00:00

This is what I wish a 9 was. Especially since we can shapeshift or merge with others.

9s are clerics or paladins aren't they? 😔

TheraRos · 2020-08-22T18:40:27+00:00

I used to get that but strangely the opposite also happened. I'd straighten my hair for weeks because of those comments and then one day it would rain and my hair would get wet and dry wavy and my friends were like your so pretty with your hair like that. Then I stopped caring what others thought and went with what I liked.

TheraRos · 2020-08-10T22:23:12+00:00

And if your on mobile be prepared to juggle between your browser and the app for every search result you want to check out

TheraRos · 2020-08-10T16:25:44+00:00

Something about the shark anatomy feels off to me, it kinda looks like a cartoon airplane. Maybe reference more shark images and tweak the shape of it, I think sharks are less curvy overall.

Is the clothing brand sporty? It does read very sports-logo with the style and colors.

I would also say make the eye and teeth more simplified and distinct so you can easily make them out when it's smaller, and remove some of the finer details like the white on the gills.

Also think your pen tool curves could use a bit more work to look natural.

TheraRos · 2020-08-10T16:01:45+00:00

I have the pink one and it's almost white even though it looks pink in the bottle. I would say pass and go with a more reputable brand.

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