I have a problem: I have media ADD. I haven’t read a book from cover to cover in months, if not years. I read magazines in spurts and starts. I rarely have the attention span to watch a movie at home. I don’t pay attention to song names or song lyrics. There are DVDs I still haven’t watched. There are books I haven’t read.
The one common thread to all these? The Internet just provides too much of a distraction. Every time I think “Okay, I will finally read this!”, the siren song of email just pulls me away. I could say that work gets in the way, but that wouldn’t be honest. It really is me not having enough self-discipline to just sit down and consume one form of media for a set period of time.
So that’s what I’ll do this weekend. Just sit down, and finish reading something. A magazine, chapters of a book, something. I need to get back on this reading for leisure thing that has gotten me through most of my life. I need to get through all these unwatched DVDs and TiVoed shows. I need to sit down and listen to music. I need to not be such a media slut.
Seriously. I am totally going to do this.
Funny, I was filling out a profile and it asked for last book read and I realized that I suffer from the same condition. I can’t commit the time to read a book. I hate to watch TV without my Powerbook in my lap. I do enjoy watching movies but I def find myself wanting to jump online whenever something in the movie sparks my interest. Let’s file a class action against someone!
Funny, I have the same problem too. Although I didn’t have it when I was back in Malaysia, probably because of the lack of good internet and the explosion of the social life. Here? On the computer while watching a tv show, or movie. Listening to music while reading something on the internet… playing with a tripod while cooking ramen.. or even dissecting a hard drive…hey look a chicken.