Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds | From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.

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• paper_moon@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Literally everyone is overworked and fried. My partner had a job that she got to leave at work, when she was home, she was home, all work resources were stuck at work so even if you wanted to do anything extra, you couldn’t. She would read all the time multiple books a month.

  Now she works for a tech company and literally never reads. Even if she knocks off at 3, or 4pm out of sheer frustration with her project management, she’s so emotionally exhausted she doesn’t want to do half the stuff she used to at the previous job.

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• BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I had slacked for a few years but I cam back with some passion for 2025!

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• doingthestuff@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Reading what?

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• Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m a binge reader, so if I start a book and like it, I’m not gonna put it down. With all my responsibilities and lack of free time, I can’t commit to that. It also feels like I need to be relaxed and in a good mindset for it. So I pretty much only do it on vacations and maybe once in a while at home.

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• dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I recently got a new Kindle and have been enjoying reading a lot more. Though to be fair, it’s far easier to hold a tiny computer book in the bath instead of a 1000 page hardback. And more waterproof!

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