One of the most under-appreciated problems with our well-entrenched addiction to the endless superficial scroll is that we have forgotten how to read deeply.

You may have noticed your ability to settle into a long-form read, be it a book or a longer article or whatever, just ain’t what it used to be. About 6 paragraphs down we are already getting antsy. There is a nagging FOMO that something better is awaiting our attention. I feel it even when it is an old book in my lap.

The good news is that rediscovering the joy of reading into a longer story is not difficult.
It just requires a little effort and a lot of going easy on yourself when those attentional frustrations inevitably arise.
Your brain is neuro-plastic, it will soon reorient to the joy of slow, intentional, undistracted reading.

Here is a story.

You might not be into Jazz music (wait..really?), but here is a beautifully crafted essay that will immerse you in Jazz culture and human relationship. Slow down and invest some kairos time¹ in this….read it at 33 1/2 not 45 rpm (if you know you know). Let the words speak the story to you…..it will unfold somewhere unexpected before the end.

1. Kairos is a Greek term referring to deep time as opposed to Chronos, which is chronological, longitudinal, scrolling time. ↩︎