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Either read something accessible (my eternal tip: Bukowski), or something that directly interests or concerns you, clothes, guns, knives or flower arrangement, or 17th century Dutch art, whatever it may be, maybe you would like to collect or are collecting some of those for example, or parctice them: see a book about Aikidou or sword fighting.

Maybe you could try short stories? It's quite different experience from reading full novels and may help your brain to get gradually use to longer format again.

I was the same way a few years ago. I found that audio books really brought me back. I also had to come to terms with the recognition that what I read (devoured) as a kid doesn't really meet my needs anymore. I was exclusively a scifi and fantasy reader for a long time but these days I add in history, philosophy, business, historical fiction and fiction.

The question is, what pulls your attention away when you try to focus for more than 10 minutes? For example, if it’s your phone / wanting to browse social media etc., I would highly recommend having times during the day where you have your phone completely off. It can do wonders to require your brain and to be okay living in the moment with just your thoughts. This was by far the hardest thing for me, it was always pulling my attention towards it, I need to be hearing someone talking on a podcast or a show, or be mindlessly browsing Reddit or YouTube, it’s an addiction like anything else. It only starts to get easier once you acknowledge it, address it, and battle it head on.

For me it was listening to audiobooks.

I used to read tons in high school, then got out of the habit. Oddly enough, the thing that got me back into reading was ebooks on my smartphone because I was traveling a lot for work.

I've always got my phone with me and my ebook reader keeps my place in my book. If I'm in transit for 15 min or an hour then I can pull out a book that keeps right where I left off. Even on break at work I can read for 10 or 20 minutes. Eventually I found that I was in the habit again and reading roughly as much as I did in high school.

There are tons of free eReader apps for phones. There are tons of free ebooks on places like Project Gutenberg. My average ebook is 0.5 MB, so why not toss a bunch on your phone?

Just be sure to spend a reasonable amount of time fiddling with your eReader settings to make it comfortable. Many have lots of customization options and I didn't like the defaults so it took a little while to find my comfort zone. eg, I love white text on black background.

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Screens destroy interest in intensive reading. Cut back in screen time - have evenings where you sit down, have music playing and a window to look out, and open a real book. It will take several weeks, at the least, to learn how to sit still and ficus, but if you keep shutting down screens and opening books, your concentration will increase

Screens are horribly addictive.