A big theme on this blog lately has been my renewed reading habit. Adding this simple past time back into my life has made such a positive difference that I wanted to share a simple tip that I’ve been using to keep it alive. It’s so simple that I can’t believe I didn’t do this before.
Keep a book with you at all times. That’s it. If you’re like me you’ll find that you spend a lot of time waiting for things or people and if you have a book handy you can redeem the time. It doesn’t seem like this would actually allow you to get much reading done but it does. I started doing it just because I was bored in 15 minute breaks between classes and twenty minute train rides. Ever since I realized I was reading hundreds of pages a week in 5-20 minute increments, I’ve made a point of always keeping a book at hand.
Give it a try. What can it hurt?
Yup. I had an unexpected 45 minutes to burn yesterday, so I spent most of that reading ‘The survival imperitave’.
I keep an MP3 player whenever I’m out, listening to a book, and usually have one on hand at home. Though I have found that bringing a book to social outings can have a negative effect, especially if you are naturally a quiet or shy person: people will assume you brought the book in deference to their own attentions, which might not be the affect you want.