I find I enjoy books less and less. My current degree makes the third one I'll have received, and I am dedicated to the dream of spending 20 years of my life in university, degree after degree after degree. If I ever get invited onto a talk show, I want them to have to go through a minute of background fluff of the stuff I have achieved nd researched.
Also, I'm wealthy, so I don't need a job... so might as well do something with my time. Like try to become a respected polymath.
So you'd think I'd be big into reading, and I have a sizeable study (in an albeit not very sizeable apartment) ... but frankly when you spend 6 hours a day just reading stuff you're probably not going to be interested in, reading more stuff for entertainment doesn't exactly seem to be noteworthy option.
You spend 3 hours a day reading recommended literature ... then 3 more hours read the primary texts ... then 3 hours proofreading and editing your written works to make sure you get them in on time (by doing moderate sized papers little by little 7 weeks in advance) ... the idea of then sitting down and reading a novel seems like too much hard work.
It's way too much work. My history cores were the worst, naturally. Devour 400 pages of academically written works every week for each subject, and you're just fucked. And because I live off my investments, I spend hours reading financial reports, keeping up with my broker's emails. Preparing paperwork each tax time.
I'd enjoy books more if reading wasn't already my life. It's a bit hard at this point to differentiate a book from 'homework' at this point. I can legitimately enjoy a book, but it will be in the back of my head I have more important things to read that I will need to get out of the way inevitably.
Don't have that problem whrn I veg a bit, watching Ash vs. the Evil Dead. There is rarely something you *must see* on something like Netflix. So you don't have that guilt.
