I have been struggling with depression my whole life. There isn't a moment of it where I believe I have been "normal" in that sense.

Back when I was younger, this probably aided me in my desire to just bury my nose into a book and forget everything else. I would read for hours, even during class. I once spent one of my holidays out of my country- with a book in my hands.

Now in adult age, I sadly seem to have lost that. I lost passion for everything and anything. I would much rather sit staring at a wall, or just sleep- than do anything at all. Lately I can safely say that I have been struggling.

But now? I wake up excited to read. Excited to get through my current book and start a new one. This app has helped a lot in that regard.. being able to discuss books with others, getting new recs.. its good, and I am so happy I found this app when I did.

I am so very happy to once more be able to (somewhat) forget my struggles and drown them in the pages of a book.

Depression be damned, I will get better.

Hi everyone! 👋 I’m curious: How many books do you physically own? (mainly asking about physical books because my primary concern is shelf space) Are you happy with this number? Do you do regular unhauls to maintain/get closer to your ideal number? And on a related note, what percentage of those books have you actually read? 😉

I have about 300 books on my shelves, and I’ve currently read about 40% of them, which I’m hoping to remedy this year! (either by reading more of them or unhauling the ones I’m no longer interested in)