I've already read a couple of books, but they were all light reading or straight to the point. Today I started volume 1 of Capital. I read for about 2 hours and I realized I feel like I can't do this; it's very dense and abstract. Are there any habits, thoughts, or other helpful things that keep you focused?
At risk of sounding like I'm telling you to give up, Capital is about as dense as it gets. Most other theory is easier to read, and while reading some Marx and Engels is a great spot to start, Capital itself is less so.
Leftypol has a pretty good reading list I've been using, but there are lots of other good ones scattered around the internet
Oh I've read some other stuff to prepare, that's what I meant in the post. I read Wage Labor and Capital a while ago, read Imperialism, I read Towards a New Socialism, Blackshirts and Reds, the works.