If you're an avid reader ,I can guess with almost certainty that at some point you've looked back on a time when you were younger, whether that be in elementary or middle school, and wonder how you read so much. I know for me, I can vividly remember hiding under the covers on my top bunk with a flashlight and a chapter book, reading way past bedtime.

I used to seek out the longest books I could find and read them in a few days. I used to read everyday and finish books, plural, in just a week, easily.

Even in high school, even though I had periods of time where I didn't read as much, I was still reading pretty regularly. As someone who wants to be a writer, reading is very important. And I do love it-- getting to travel to new worlds, meeting new people, getting invested in characters' lives and stories, its my favorite thing to do.

So why am I struggling so much now to pick up a book? If you've had this same problem, and you can't figure out why, let's take a journey together. There are a few different reasons you could be in a reading slump, and if we identify the problem, we can find the solution!