I know this is hardly a unique complaint, but please bear with me. Right now I am juggling work and school, and I find that I am not reading as much as I would like to. At the end of the day, I just end up going on my phone and scrolling through social media or watching videos on YouTube, and my reading pile is getting bigger and bigger. I had a decent start this year (read 6 books) but now I am just unmotivated and overwhelmed and haven't been reading much.
To clarify, I consider reading a leisure activity and certainly not some chore I just want to make myself do x amount of times a week. BUT. I would like to make it into a hobby that I practice with some regularity because it is harder to get back into after abandoning it for a while. I have been toying with the idea of putting it into my calendar (eg. a daily task that says 'read at least 10 minutes') or setting specific goals like reading 1-2 books a month. I want some different perspectives on this– what do you think about scheduling reading? what approach helps you most?
by SuperbSpider