I am going through a pretty rough time right now, I am always going through something rough but this time with tears. So naturally I haven't been reading much and also finding it very difficult to read in the digital format. I turned to my most trusted format of entertainment which in the past has helped keep my brain off of difficult patches of life, that is kpop. The problem is, after consuming the k content for a stretch, or spending a long time on the television, my brain kind of gets numb? Or dumb? Something like that. It never really happens with reading. I end up feeling more terrible after spending hours on television and computer and just consuming all that k content. It feels suffocating. I am not sure why I am even writing this. Reading is taking a lot of effort these days and I am not really enjoying it. It feels like a chore. I want to read more fantasy but everything is just exhausting. Sometimes I feel as if I like the idea of being a reader and do not like actually reading. This makes me feel terrible and like a performative person. Sometimes out of nowhere I would get excited to read but when actually with a book, I would just try to escape reading. What the hell.

Hello my dear Boundlings! ✨

For a few years now I've been using a bullet journal and notion to keep track of my mothly and yearly goals. I still find a lot of joy in the creative outlet my journal gives me and in organizing everything in Notion when I actually find time for it, but I've noticed that for the past six months or so I've been slacking on both, mostly because of work and other things going on in my life. Finding Pagebound made me drift away from them even more.

I do love Pagebound though and I really want to include it in my tracking more so I'm thinking of transfering everthing (lists, tbr, goals etc.) I have in Notion over. I haven't really been using my templates anyways and it gets really tedious to keep everything nice and tidy. I'm still kind of on the fence about it though.

So my question is basically: do you use other tools or methods to track your reading? If so, how time-consuming is it for you, and how do you make time for it? I'd be really thankful for recommendations, especially tools for personal notes with easy organizations of books 👀

I know nothing about Pride and Prejudice and have never consumed anything regarding it and I want to both watch the movie and read the book but I'm unsure what to do first. I like to read without knowing the ending but I also find it hard to imagine the characters and locations so I find it easier to read books after watching the movies. Does anyone have any advice?