What do you do to get over that lethargic feeling when you finish a great book/show and can't contemplate starting something else?

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NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 26 pts · 255d

If it's that good, it's worth spending some time contemplating.

snoons@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 255d

I sit and think about it. Do you feel pressure to always be doing something? Sometimes just breathing is enough.

transscribe7891@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 255d

sometimes just do nothing, literally. meditating I guess.

or go back to something familiar before I'm ready for something new again

gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 255d
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Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 255d

Man I feel this question

I just let it be... After completing the last of us or red dead for example, or indeed a great serie or book I just go with it. To put it even more dramatic, it feels like you lost a friend or even a relation. So I just let time heal the wound. After a while I am ready to begin with something new, but that takes some time

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 255d

Whatever actual responsibilities I haven't been paying attention to because I hyperfocused on something pleasurable but nonproductive, lol.

ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 255d

Read a comfort book/watch comfort show. You know it won't hit as hard, but it'll still be fun.

karashta@piefed.social · 5 pts · 255d

I solve this by always being in the middle of multiple books at once

bsit@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 255d

You wait and digest. Don't rush into the next thing just because you think you're supposed to.

xylogx@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d

When I hear about a book that excites me I take a note of it in my note taking app. When I finish my current book I look at my list and pick the most interesting one.

wirelesswire@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 255d

Give it time. You can also look up videos or discussions online to help process it.