It's tough because, I used to be like "Absolute bookworm" and was always insanely obsessed with books and reading high level content from a young age (read the giver in fourth grade, the entire hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series in 5th grade, ender's game in like 6th grade, armada, ready player 1, etc etc etc... -- you can tell I love science fiction LMAO --) But over time as being "good in school" actually became important and the things I needed to do starting piling up, I ended up so busy that now I barely read books at all. I just graduated highschool this summer, have a summer job, and am heading straight to college starting august 25th. Until then I was busy just barely maintaining an honor roll streak of 2 years straight right up until graduation. There's always something I have to do at any given time; I never run out of responsibilities. And I regret that the free time I do get (while sparse) is usually spent gaming or being on electronics due to my stress and insecurity making me fall hook line and sinker for the trap of "If I'm on my phone I'll have so many fun things to do and it'll feel so much better!" ....Though that's usually not the case.
When I do pick up a book, whether I be cleaning and start reading by accident, or by some other circumstance, I often find myself sucked in and end up reading the entire book in a few hours or less, and it almost does not matter what the book even is. Though the one thing I can't stand is non fiction (Unless it's about space or astronomy.) The other day I found one of my old Percy Jackson books lying around, flipped it open just out of curiosity, and before I knew it, enough time had passed that I was interrupted by my dad telling me I had to get back to work on cleaning my room. And that's the thing, there never seems to be enough time to read for me. If I don't even have enough time -- without interruption -- to just sit down and enjoy plowing through a whole book in a few hours, can it really be said that I have enough time to do this as a hobby? I hate putting down a book before having finished it somehow; sure there's suspense but for me it feels like it should be finished in one sitting. It's kind of like me with art; when I start, I hate to get interrupted until I'm finished, since I get in the zone. It's the same with reading.
To be honest, I don't read much anymore, but I'd consider myself a bookworm at heart. I just wish I had enough time on my hands to re-indulge in it as a hobby again! TwT