Myself, growing up I would read constantly. I typically spent my entire Sunday reading (when not finishing homework). It was mostly fantasy and scifi, and some various kids books when younger.

I read all the Pern books, all the Star Wars books, all the Dragonlance and D&D books. I moved on to some bigger series (mainly WoT, Coldfire, and later, the Wars of Light and Shadow, and I'm multiple books behind in both WoT and WoLaS now). Briefly in high school I found my interest decreasing due to required reading taking up a lot of my time, and thus I didn't want to read for fun as much. But then I found my way back for a time before required reading in college caused the same problem.

Now 6-7 years out of college, I've discovered that it takes me months to read a book. The reasons are chiefly as follows.

1) My reading speed decreased dramatically. Partially due to being out of practice and partially due to focusing more on in-depth analytical reading in school. This made reading for fun feel more arduous and time-consuming.

2) My attention span and focus have decreased dramatically. I rarely feel like sitting down and reading when I can just mindlessly watch a rerun of Criminal Minds of How I Met Your Mother (or waste hours online at Reddit, University of KY sports fansites, etc). Those also allow me to mindlessly multitask at my computer, while when I read, I just read. I believe this problem was chiefly born of too much video games and tv, i.e. the hypothetical gamers brain. Also having roommates in college who always had the tv on as background. I don't feel less intelligent, but I know my operational vocabulary has suffered and my focus is scattershot. I also lose interest in things much more quickly now. (This also killed my interest in tabletop roleplaying games.)

3) I get ideas. Ideas I have to write down. This is probably the biggest reason I don't read much, and it consistently stops me from reading even the books I'm most interested in (my queue is dozens of books long and includes modern classics and must-read epics alike). As a non-practicing aspiring writer, I get ideas, or make observations about tropes and themes and all manner of literary tidbits whenever I watch a movie or read a book (watching a 2 hour movie at home often takes me several hours when I pause and then get distracted). I feel compelled to write down these notes (I'm a bit OCD about writing notes to myself) and if I try to ignore this urge, I inevitably give in and go back the page or two to write myself a note. I feel I simply must remember not to do "this" or to write like "that" when describing a tavern. I have an idea for a story or plot or character I need to write down (3 or 13 pages of notes in Word later, I've put the book down for good). Reading for fun now feels like work, and what's worst about it is that I never use any of those ideas or observations. I literally have hundreds, if not thousands of little notes.

Anyone had similar problems? Any advice?