The Japanese call this condition "tsundoku", that is, collecting books to read. If you are one of those people who have made it a habit to keep a few books on the bedside table in the bedroom or list a few others next to the couch where you prefer to lie down for dinner, then don't be afraid! This habit actually has an important psychological meaning.
Every year, readers buy new titles with the desire to read, to continue a saga of events that they left halfway, or simply to learn something new.
Unfortunately, day after day, month after month, these books end up feeding a mechanism that the Japanese call "tsundoku", so they just pile up in a corner of the house. A phenomenon that is not entirely simply related to a compulsive book-buying behavior.
Hoarding can just be a stumbling block to your mental well-being.
-The "value" of not knowing
This habit is far from the simple collection of books. But, more than a concrete demonstration that there is a world of things we don't yet know, it shows a value, that we want to learn.
According to the American essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the recognition that there is an anti-library of stories and facts about the world has great value because it expresses the infinite potential of the desire to increase knowledge. Accepting one's ignorance is not disinterest in reality, but an approach to the limits of thirst for knowledge and new knowledge.
In a world where information is all in front of our eyes on Google, the place of our "not knowing" becomes even more important.
-The important thing is not to be afraid
Long books, difficult books, books for which we have high expectations, those that deal with very personal topics or publications that need time to enjoy... The reasons for "not reading" are many, so there is no need to panic . You are not in a race and this remains an extremely personal matter.
Some prefer to plan their reading, some force themselves to never put a book down until the end of it, and some simply "devour" the readings overnight.
The choice is always personal!
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