Getting back to reading books

Written by on October 28, 2019

﻿﻿I used to be a book worm 

When I was 7, I would finish two 300+ pages a week. 

When I was sick, I had lots of homework to do, that is. 

I’m quite an extrovert person. Reading books were feeding my introvert side. I felt like I’m escaping into someone else’s world that they had the trouble to create.

﻿Reading books made me feel sharp and articulate.   ﻿

It went like this for about 10 years. 

﻿﻿Then something (the Internet) happened

﻿And suddenly I ﻿was spending all my time in front of computers, and then smartphones. 

One day I realized, if I wanted to be sharp again, I got to back to reading voraciously. 

﻿﻿Sounds familiar? ﻿

Easier said than done, heh? 

I tried everything to get back. 

Everything. 

Started with easy books, hard books, fiction, and non-fiction. 

Only to leave them in the middle and never come back. 

Until one day I found out my main mistake 

I thought reading books must be effortless. And ultimately, it must be. 

But it is a little like “making money while you sleep”. You got to first make money when you are awake. ﻿  

I ﻿figured that if I want to become an effortless reader, I ﻿have to make the effort on getting back.

I had to distill what makes me stop reading. What makes me easily get back to it. 

And that, I’ve done. 

﻿I’ve come up with following rules: ﻿

1) Only books (kindle and paperback) near the bedside as a screen.

Phones with their distracting notifications pops the “magical bubble” that I am in while reading a great novel. 

﻿2) Only a fiction and easily consumable stories when I am thrown off my mojo

﻿I’m a big fan of personal development books. But when I am trying to fall asleep with a nice bedtime story, a racing mind doesn’t help.  

3) Use the power of music to get back

Music has an amazing psychological power to set me back to flow. 

I.e: Last time I ﻿had to get back, I ﻿started to read Harry Potter series. 

And I put the film music on my earbuds. 

Worked like a charm. 

﻿What’s next?

Are you struggling to get back to reading? Are you missing it?

Try this tip. Get an easy to consume story, something that has a movie. 

Set the movie musics on the background and let the magic work for you. 

What is the next book are you going to read? Reply me!  ﻿ 





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