Iām trying desperately to get back into my youthful love of reading. Please help me set myself up for success! š
Do you read in bed? The living room? Some other place?
Do you read as dinner is cooking? Before work in the morning? While waiting for the bus?
Please reply if youāre reading this. You may help others with your suggestions.
by Shesfierce605
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I read every night in bed before I go to sleep. If I have a good book going Iāll read when I have time throughout the day, but bedtime is my regular reading time and has been since I was a kid.
I also always take a book with me to the doctor/hairdresser/anywhere Iāll have to sit for awhile. I prefer books to the outdated magazines in waiting rooms.
I have a daily routine where I read while in the bath. Kind of weird, but it’s my me time. Some days it’s 15 minutes, some an hour.
I also listen to audiobooks during the day. On the days things aren’t too busy, I will listen while at the office or at home while doing chores.
Before bed. That’s it. Otherwise I listen to audiobooks, which I can do while working, commuting, cooking, doing chores, exercising, etc. I love actually reading and holding a book in my hands. I just don’t have much time for it.
I listen to audiobooks on the way into work and on the way home. I either read on my phone, the kindle app, or listen to audiobooks at work. I’ll listen to audiobooks while doing chores or grocery shopping or cleaning. And on the weekends or my days off I’ll read a chapter or 2 with my coffee in the morning. But I do most of my reading at work as I have 2 kids.
Replace your screen/tv watching time with reading! Instead of relaxing in front of a screen use a book š
Before bed and inevitably in the middle of the night when I wake up at 3am (millennial insomnia) lol
I’m currently reading in the pub (free WiFi and cheap drinks). I also read during public transport commutes, when my family is watching something I don’t find interesting on television, and in bed before sleep.
I try to read before bed/in the morning.
One way I get myself to read is by setting a timer for 10-20 minutes and just read for that duration. I usually get into it and continue after the time is up.
I take one around with me when Iām out just in case but I often forget lol. Iām basically trying to replace screen time with reading!
Audiobooks are nice for drives or when Iām wandering around the house.
Yes šI read everywhere and anywhere. If I have to wait I read, while cooking, getting dressed, reading. This may explain some burnt dinners and why I look the way I do
On my lunch breaks ( either at my desk, in the common area, or in my car) and an hour before bed
Also occasionally listen to audiobooks at work, or while doing jigsaw puzzles
Before bed. I also do audiobooks while Iām running mindless tasks like chopping veggies for dinner etc.
Honestly, audiobooks have spoiled me for recreational reading, since I’ve discovered the pleasure of listening to books while knitting, walking, cleaning house, and various other mindless tasks. Occasionally I’ll read a Kindle book at night, but I typically fall asleep pretty quickly.
I wake up at 7/7:30 am, and read for about a half hour before working out and starting my work day (I work from home 4 days a week). If I’m in the office, I read a lot on the hour-long train ride. I also read about 20-30 minutes before bed.
I read when at home and I donāt want a screen on. I read at a desk, laying in bed or sitting on a couch. I also read when commuting on transit, usually on a bus rather than on a train/subway/monorail. Trains/Subway/Monorail is usually too full to read comfortably and move out quickly for me given I use crutches.
i read in bed, its a great way to relax
I pretty much always read before going to bed. On days off I’ll hunker down on the living room couch for a nice long read and if I’m dining alone or at a bar or coffee shop alone I’ll bring a book.
Audiobooks 90% of the time. I love it!
I read so much more since I got the kindle app on my phone!
Before work, at lunch, and usually before I cook dinner.
I always wake up much earlier than I need to get at least an hour and hopefully two before work. Reading on my lunch break. Read about an hour until I go to bed. What I suggest is to use audiobooks. I lived car-free in the PNW, but my brother lives in the South so he has to drive a lot to get anywhere. He knocks out quite a bit of books just listening on his commute.
After the kids are in bed, I get to have me-time. It is about 1 hour where there is no need to be attentive to the kids. I use that hour to read and then go to bed.
I usually read on my lunch break, then for an hour or two between dinner and bed. I no longer read in bed because āone more pageā turns into āone more chapterā turns into āOK if I fall asleep RIGHT NOW I may get to work on timeāā¦
I pretty much read in any of my free timeā¦ like time most people would watch tv. I curl up on my couch and rot with my book.
I also do a ton of audio bc I have long commutes to get my kids to school etc so Iām always listening to an audio book in the car. Also always an audio book while Iām cleaning my house, walking, scrapbooking etc.
Literally everywhere, all of those places and situations you suggested!
If you have an outdoor space, a yard or balcony etc., whenever the weather is nice enough, I go sit outside and read for an hour or two.
In the morning before work. Sitting on the couch reading with a cup of coffee is pure bliss. I also listen to audiobooks while Iām walking somewhere or doing chores.
Everywhere. Mostly in bed and on the couch. 10 min non-fiction in the morning, however long I can before falling asleep at night.
I bring my book everywhere in a bag (purse , backpack, or even a small shoulder bag that is book shaped!) 3/4 of the time I never even pull it out, but when I’m stuck waiting somewhere (for a food order, in line at a store, etc) I read it instead of staring at my phone.
Ok, so, I read physical books and my kindle in bed. I go to bed extra early as a treat and snuggle up with my latest book.
If I know I’m going to be waiting somewhere…train station, doctors/dentist etc, I’ll take my kindle along.
If my children are fully absorbed in an activity at the weekends, I’ll sometimes sneak away to my sofa and grab 20 minutes of reading time. Especially lovely if the sun is shining through the blinds in that room.
Audiobooks are only for in the car. On my commute and when I’m waiting outside school to collect my children.
I cannot listen to an audiobook in bed as I’m asleep pretty much instantly. I think the childhood conditioning of being read to and falling asleep is too strong to resist xD
On the bus commute to and from work and when I take a bath in the weekends.
Sometimes right before bed or when I wake up if it’s a particularly good book.
I read whenever there is a gap of time that I’m not doing anything. I am still in school so I get a lot of time to read then, but other than that it’s mainly when I’m just like alone in my room instead of being on my phone.
I almost exclusively listen to audiobooks. The overhead lights hum constantly in my workspace, so my noise canceling headphones and my books keep me sane.
Sadly, reading physical books for me is now mostly reserved for reference material.
I basically try to treat my phone like a book. So instead of going on fb, Instagram etc I open a book and read a page or 2. Also listening to audio books while driving. Lunch breaks at work- reading on my phone. Before bed while my husband watches a show I read. Obviously I still go on social media like right now but much less than before.
I read literally everywhere. I read in the bath, in bed, in an armchair, on the couch while everyone is watching TV, during work breaks, on park benches, in Dr Office waiting lobbies.
I don’t think it’s about the location, it’s about the content. I’m convinced that people who “don’t read” just haven’t found their genre yet ĀÆā ā _ā (ā ćā )ā _ā /ā ĀÆ
I read in a cofeeshop, while having my second coffee of the day. Same time every day. Its only about 20 minutes of reading. Not much, but I have too many things to do and to think, so usually can’t find more time for reading. Exception for very interesting books.
I have gotten back into reading because of my daughter. Part of her homework is to read for 30 minutes a day. She was not enthused about the idea. So in order to get her to do it without complaining, my husband and I decided to join her.
After dinner, we get our books, sit on the couch together, and set a timer for 30 minutes.
My husband and I both have gotten through so many books in the last couple years.
During lunchbreak, preferably in a sunny spot!
I personally donāt have standards times or places I need but sometimes just want to reem so I almost always have a book with me in my beg and read in my breaks when I feel like it. Also if youāre trying to get back into reading donāt pick a book with a boring start it wonāt really work, youāll need an interesting book thatās intresing from the beginning:)