Hey everyone, what are your strategies for building reading time into your day? I’m not asking because I’m writing a feature, it’s because right now I’m reading sodding twitter instead of my book.
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I joined a book club which made me actually plan time for reading so I could finish in time. Then after a month of doing that it just became normal - commute to and from work, before bed, after dinner, during lunch etc. I’m going to have read like 40 books this year so it works
Also, in the morning, I delay looking at my phone FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. I find I can be really zoned in on reading in the morning, all morning, as long as the only apps I open are my alarm and Citymapper
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Also: finding books I actually want to read? This sounds dumb but I stopped pretending I wanted to read dry non fiction and really got into contemporary fic (mostly dark stuff/written by women) and realised I found a niche I loved and wanted to read over, like, Twitter
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This is all excellent advice. Suspect you might be right about genre too, as all I attempt to read is weighty non-fiction, as how else will I ever be able to name-drop clever people like Ezra Klein does?!
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