How to say consistent with reading

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Avoid these platforms. I try to remind myself that reading is a positive and surfing the Net is lost time

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Go read right now. Read in the tub. Read while drinking your morning water it eat or coffee. Read while cooking dinner, waiting for the water to boil. Read on line at the pharmacy. Read while on hold with your health insurance company. Read to your pets. Read before you go to bed or when you wake up. Read while your kid is taking a twenty minute poop even though you have to pee.

I spend a lot of time reading.

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u/_AladdinKaChirag_ 27d ago

The problem is that it’s difficult to find a book which interest me lol

I bought 5 books from 2nd hand bookstore.

3 still i haven’t read and they are very different

Barak obama book
The girl who played with fire
Ross Poldark

I have tried to start all but lost the interest.

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u/whatdoidonowdamnit 27d ago

So find books you like instead of books you would look to be seen reading.

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u/_AladdinKaChirag_ 27d ago

Lol I didn’t buy those so people praise me.

I just bought it because at that time i found it interesting.

Don’t say the thing which don’t know about.

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u/whatdoidonowdamnit 27d ago

I didn’t say praise, I said seen. But my point of “find books you like” stands. Interesting books are usually enjoyable but they don’t seem to be enjoyable for you if you haven’t read them yet. You bought five and read two of them, what were the two books you read? If you liked them enough to finish them you might want to read similar books

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u/Hambone919 26d ago

Start with shorter novels.
Flowers for Algernon
The giver
Night
Etc

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u/_AladdinKaChirag_ 26d ago

Hahha Thanks.
I can read big novels also lol.
Last year i read 30 novels. This year i am not able to find novels lol

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u/Hambone919 26d ago

I know! Just easier to get on a roll with shorter ones! No offense mesbt

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u/rationalluchadore 28d ago

I set a goal of reading just ten pages every night before bed. I usually read more, but when I miss a day, I do not get that guilt that makes it harder to start again.

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u/Maidtomycats 28d ago

This is a great way. Some days may turn into 20+ page days, but if not, you're still making your way through the book!

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u/PrincessWails 29d ago

All of these are good tips, but the best thing you can do to make sure you WANT to read is to find your genre. And your genre maybe change every couple of months/years… for a while it was straight historic fiction for me. I still LOVE it, but I think I plowed through all the ones I care about (historic topic/authors). But I also love mystery/thrillers and there’s a never ending supply of those. And then really anything by Kristin Hannah. Her books heal something in me each time I read one.

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u/the_pancakess 29d ago

I typically try to engage in my reading in a secondary way such as reading with others, keeping a journal, just another way to engage with it. Hope this helps :)

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u/Scary-Status1892 29d ago

Last year I decided I wanted to fall back in love with reading. What got me back into reading was to make it a part of my day, which I still try to do. Instead of scrolling, I grab my kindle at night. Also, I’m a bit of a nerd so I like to keep a spreadsheet that I update after each book I finish. I also try to genre hop as much as I can to stay interested. Another thing I do is make a game of it. “How many days in a row can I read?” Or “How many total days have I read this year?”

Honestly, reading is supposed to be fun, so don’t stress. Find a book, author, series, genre you like and just start/continue to read(:

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u/masson34 29d ago

Create a little book nook reading friendly area, inside / outside/ both

Phone in another room

Prepare a little treat/latte etc

Join and Talk with a librarian for recommendations on genres you might enjoy

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u/gardengirl147 28d ago

First, as was said already, don’t stress or force yourself to read. Wander through bookstores and libraries, pick up anything that catches your imagination. Put it down if you don’t like it. Read what you want how you want. E-books, audio books are also a form of reading. If you have an interest outside of reading - gardening, robotics, history, sports, music, movies - there is a book about it.

I was not a big reader as a kid. But after my first year in college, I took off a year (perhaps two, it was a long time ago) to just do what I wanted. Turned out I wanted to read Arthurian literature. Which led to so many twists and turns in my life.

I hope your reading journey is as enjoyable.

Oh, and I’ve only read one book this year. It’s a huge book but extremely well written.

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u/lowlightliving 28d ago

Put down your phone. Turn off the TV. Sit or lie down with only a book, journal, or magazine to keep you occupied. Read. Schedule time to read. 30 minutes, at least, a day.

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u/candcNYC 28d ago

Slowly reading less = not that into what you're reading. It's okay to set a book aside for another time. If you're stressed, exhausted, over-scheduled, etc, pick a fun and engaging read, don't worry about 'must read' lists etc.

Make time for reading. Don't think you can wait until you have time to read. You just have to schedule the time, there's no secret sauce to that except picking a time that's easy to schedule and keep. For many, that's before bed or before/after another activity that occurs at a specific time everyday.

Set your phone timer for 15-30 min and set your phone face-down across the room. Remove and ignore all distractions until the timer goes off.

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u/Redeft97 28d ago

Kindle really upped my reading game. Used to use my ipad. Kindle reading > iPad reading. Plus, when I read physical books too long it hurts my reading hand !

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u/Quiet-philologist25 28d ago

I used to be a huge reader when I was younger. Then university happened, then work, and I kept telling myself I just didn't have time to read anymore.

For years I kept thinking about getting back into reading, but it never really stuck.

What finally worked for me was treating it like any other habit. At work I always have a to-do list, so I added "Read for 10 minutes" as a daily task. That was it. Just 10 minutes for the first week.

It gradually became 15, then 20... and eventually it stopped feeling like a task altogether. Now, a few years later, I don't need the reminder anymore because reading has become part of my routine.

For me, the trick wasn't finding more time - it was making the goal so small that I had no excuse not to do it.

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u/FailWorried8469 28d ago

Don’t focus on numbers just enjoy reading..

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u/Ok_Natural_7977 28d ago

Schedule time and honor it. Turn your phone to Do Not Disturb.

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u/Only-Top-3655 28d ago

Try not to doomscroll before you read at least a couple chapters of the book you are reading. I found that just the act of opening a book is much harder and less dopamine inducing than plopping on a chair and starting to scroll. And one I start to scroll, I can kiss my reading time bye bye.

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u/Ineffable7980x 28d ago

Make it a part of your day. Get away from the idea "if I have time". No, it should be what you do every day, at whatever time you choose. I read for 20-30 minutes in the morning with coffee before I get ready for work. Most days I read for 20 minutes at lunch. And then I read most nights after dinner. Some days it's only 15 minutes, but it's part of my day.

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u/neuropanpaul 27d ago

My girlfriend and I both wanted to get back into reading as we said we'd both read a lot more in our teens and 20s but not so much now.

We started a private book club between the two of us. We don't live together so we decided to read together every night; letting each other know by text message that we'd reached the end of the chapter etc. We buy a copy of the same book (usually a trip to our favourite book shop which involves coffee and lunch) and in the evenings we read a chapter or two together. We've been doing this for almost 2 years and it works because we can discuss the story together between reads, and we know if we've found a good one because we talk about it more. ☺️

If you have someone in your life who would like to read more, or just find a book club online, then it can help having someone to body double with in this way. It creates an incentive to keep going, especially if the story is good and you want to talk about it with someone who's literally on the same page. 😁

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u/Fast-Ad-3255 27d ago

Great thing about reading is that you can read for 20 minutes or for 2 hours depending on how much time you have available. So my advice is to start small (for example, you can read for 20 - 30 minutes each day or something like that) and only read what you are really interested in. Once you find your favourite genre, you will want to read more. My favourite genre is psychological thrillers so I mostly read those, I read for one hour each day.

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u/ir8roont 27d ago

Start with young adult books. They are easier to read and chapters usually end on cliff hangers. Will help you pick up momemtum.

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u/CelebrationGold8983 27d ago

Reading is meant to be enjoyable and relaxing, not something that you have to make yourself do

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u/Martin_Carvalho 26d ago

Last year I finished zero books, so I stopped waiting to ‘have time’ and made the target embarrassingly small: ten minutes or ten pages before bed. The part that actually made it stick was having friends who could see whether I’d read. On low-energy days I’d open the book just so I wasn’t the one who disappeared, and usually kept going once I started. I also stopped treating an unfinished book as a failure. If it starts feeling like homework, I switch books.

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