I've gone through occasional short bursts like this (a month or so where anything more than comics or magazine articles was just out of my range), but nothing extended. Can't say I ever figured out what caused it, or what fixed it.
I'm also not the reader I was in high school, but that's not quite the same thing (and fueled at least partially by having other things to distract me).
I have a couple of thoughts... Do you think it hurts to read because you feel guilty from not reading or pressure to read? If that's the case then giving yourself permission to not read or being gentle with yourself might help.
The other thought is that I've become a voracious reader again because I quit my job. It's not that I didn't like reading before, but it was hard to fit it in and so it wasn't as enjoyable when I had to "fit it in." Maybe you've reprioritized other things that make you happy over reading right now and that's ok.
Perhaps the best thing I'm learning from not working is that I can't do everything, I'm not super woman, I have an extra 40 hours a week that I use relatively well and I still can't get to everything I want to. It's like my eyes are bigger than my stomach at a buffet, only with things to do and life. It really put into perspective what I might be able to accomplish personally when I start working again, which hopefully will be soon :)
It's not permanent. At least, it wasn't for me. That happened to me for about a year after undergrad - I don't know if I had burnout or what. I'm happily reading novels alongside all my grad school reading now, for what it's worth. Do something else and don't worry about it, is my simpler-sounding-than-it-is advice. It'll come back if you don't try to force it.
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I've gone through occasional short bursts like this (a month or so where anything more than comics or magazine articles was just out of my range), but nothing extended. Can't say I ever figured out what caused it, or what fixed it.
I'm also not the reader I was in high school, but that's not quite the same thing (and fueled at least partially by having other things to distract me).
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The other thought is that I've become a voracious reader again because I quit my job. It's not that I didn't like reading before, but it was hard to fit it in and so it wasn't as enjoyable when I had to "fit it in." Maybe you've reprioritized other things that make you happy over reading right now and that's ok.
Perhaps the best thing I'm learning from not working is that I can't do everything, I'm not super woman, I have an extra 40 hours a week that I use relatively well and I still can't get to everything I want to. It's like my eyes are bigger than my stomach at a buffet, only with things to do and life. It really put into perspective what I might be able to accomplish personally when I start working again, which hopefully will be soon :)
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