Droggelbecher

I was like this about books as a teen, one time i accidentally pulled an all nighter on a school night. Well, I realized it was 5am and figured there's no point in sleeping for 2 hours.

Thank you so much for your concern, I appreciate it! But I'm not in an unhealthy environment! There's usually a feminist march happening on women's day, which I like to attend. I guess it's just culturally a little different. I do like your idea tho, haha

ETA: thinking about it some more, I often hear it called day of the feminist fight instead of women's day, at least in my leftie circles. So I guess my experience is just that it's more about the feminist fight than it is about wholesome appreciation of women. As such, I guess it has less mainstream appeal. It'd be nice to have both, though!

But like. Why do you think women's day is more well known? Because men popularized it for them? Women popularized it for themselves, so it only makes sense that men's day would be popularized by men.

Fwiw I'm not in a place where men wish a happy women's day, let alone give flowers. Women usually post 'happy women's day' images to group chats of other women.

We had Minecraft and Lego as kids as well and still played outside a lot. I thought that mix was still mostly normal, is it not?

I know it'll hit women in additional ways because of intersectionality. But being displaced due to climate change is horrible regardless. Why do we gender the aid for this issue?

I mean, it makes sense to give different assistance in getting back on your feet, for example since women have a harder time in most workplaces. Especially if they're the primary or sole child carers. But the displacement itself?

Not being disingenuous, just looking for some insight.

One time I went on a dating app date, was nice. Met her again at a party, went on for drinks just the two of us, made out, she walked me home. Then I had a horrible, horrible bout of depression where I didn't check my phone at all for about two months. So, that's one instance of what's going on in the persons mind.

All good :)

Did you notice the second sentence starts with 'jokes aside'

Could've shot him in the face and then got a presidential pardon. Jokes aside, so many people overestimate the power of the US president.

I do this already simply because I shower at night and prefer to apply to clean skin. Always thought I was just a pretty unsweaty person. TIL

To preface, you are not a worse person if you don't like to read. There's so many different ways to learn or grow nowadays, you don't need to force yourself to do it through a medium you don't enjoy.

That said, I'm a person who DOES enjoy reading, but struggles to do it anyway for some reason. If that's you as well, I get you. And I'd say it's worth it.

In general, figuring out WHY you want to read will impact how to best work it into your life. Is it for entertainment, mindfulness, to get a better attention span, to chill out, etc. I do it for calming down mixed with enjoyment, and that impacts how I work it into my day.

What helped me was working it into my routine. I read at night. I don't have a set schedule, I teach night school some nights, and I'm working on a masters thesis.

My fixed point every day: some time when I feel ready (a fixed time would stress me out), I turn off my laptop, text my partner good night, and put my phone away. I get ready for bed. What follows is designated reading time. I read for as long as I enjoy it, am not too tired, and can still focus. If I'm not getting tired, I'll dim the lights at some point. Sometimes, I read one page, sometimes 50. If you force it, it won't be enjoyable.

I also always carry the book and try to read while I'm on the tram or train. Especially for somewhat longer journeys, which I take somewhat regularly, I get a lot of chill reading done like that. But that's pretty specific to my situation as I'm a public transport commuter and have a partner that lives 4 train hours away.

What does it mean? I'm not a native English speaker