Reader Guilt and Being a ‘Book Person’

Some Organised Chaos

Have you ever had that feeling when you feel like you should be reading, and you really do want to read, but the pressure to read means that picking up a book feels impossible, so you don’t read and you feel guilty for not reading, and that guilt makes it even harder to read and so on…

Just me?

I frequently come across readers online who talk about how they should be reading but get distracted by other things, or how book buying and book reading are two very different hobbies and should not be mistaken as the same. I’m not sure I’ve seen someone quite describe the obsessive guilty feeling where you feel almost obliged to pick up a book and find yourself just staring at your TBR pile, desperately willing yourself to just reach across and open one, but maybe that’s just a me problem.

As a child…

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My name is Nathan Young. I'm the founder of the Autism Candles project. I am a self-advocate. The candle project exist to make a statement about inclusion and opportunity. My email is nathan@autismcandles.com. Feel free to contact me. https://www.autismcandles.com

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