Reading daily is easy, if you know how. Here are 9 tricks I use to read more, with less effort and decision fatigue while working full-time.
1.Pick A Medium:
Decide once and for all if you like reading physical books or digital ones. Avoid switching formats. Read in the same medium, every time.
2.Undistract:
Shut out the distractions. Phone. People. Focus is simply the consistent avoidance of distraction.
3.Antisocial Media:
No likes, no shares. No notifications, no stories, no reels. No Whatsapp, no Email and No Calls. When you read, read. Don’t surf.
4.Pick A Reading Spot:
Pick a spot where you can read everyday. A chair, a desk or a corner of a room. Comfortable, but not too much. The spot doesn’t matter. Sticking to the same one does.
5.Pick A Reading Time:
Pick a time where you can read everyday. For 20 minutes in the morning, or 30 at night. Before breakfast, or after lunch. The time doesn’t matter. Sticking to the same one does.
6.Add A Reading Partner:
If you can read in pairs, that’s double the willpower with half the effort. Partners increase accountability. Tell them what you read, when you did it, and ask them to do the same. Everyday. A friend, a spouse or anyone to hold you to your word.
7.Start With Likes:
Don’t start with what you imagine that a perfect version of you would read. Start with what you like. If it’s history, history. If it’s Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi. If it’s textbooks, textbooks. Start with what you like, not with what you should like.
8.Make Notes:
If you're reading important non-fiction, make notes while you read. Even if it’s on your phone. Even if it’s WhatsApps you send yourself. Think as you read, and write as you read. It’s not what you read that goes in that brain of yours, it’s what you write while you are reading.
9.Enjoy Effortlessness:
In a couple of weeks, reading everyday will be effortless. It will take effort not to read. Enjoy the effortlessness. You’ve earned it.
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