this statement stems from a book fetish, a desire complex where one treats books not as passive idea containers but rather totems, instantiations of the sapiosexuality egregore; within this frame, the act of reading is a form of worship.
they want to have read, not to read.
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RT @kitten_beloved
"I wish I read more books"
You actually don't, there is no barrier to reading books, it's free and easy
You just don't like reading, th…
https://twitter.com/kitten_beloved/status/1442563421879164928
much better to be honest w/ one's self, considering whatever we're doing at any given time is the most rational action for our set of constraints; the issue is just that their stated constraints are divergent from the ones revealed by their actions. this mismatch causes distress.
if you find yourself repeatedly wishing you did something differently, but not actually taking any action to realize this wish, perhaps consider that you're deluding yourself; you might find out some interesting facts about your true motivations if you dig into this alignment gap