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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (18 children)

Reading.

Hear me out! I have always been an avid reader, get very sucked into plots. I got diagnosed with ADHD in June. Since I've been medicated I've read $15,000 worth of library books. A little of that amount was before June, but most has been since then.

I will walk around the house making food while reading. If I am doing something that requires my hands then it's a podcast or audiobook. This all being said a lot has been manga or graphic novels but there have been days when I read 10+ books.

Probably doesn't sound like the worst problem but it's something that has started to impact my life in ways I did not expect.

Thanks for reading!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I haven't done the math on "value" read, but I do 15-20 hours of audiobook (because 2x speed) on work days. It definitely can make finding new reads a challenge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

some libraries include that fun little stat on your slips.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is exactly how I know ! Glad my library system isn't the only one that does that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

you've 'spent' as much on books in five months as i have in, like, twenty years. but i don't always actually check books out. i often just go there (it's only a block away), grab a book, find a sofa to sit on, and read it.. cover-to-cover, then put it back where i found it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Mmmh that sounds lovely but I unfortunately do not have that luxury as I do not live in the same town as my library.

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