Hello everyone on this awesome subreddit! Wondering about reading habits…I’ve always been a 20 minutes before bed kinda person but I’d like to read more and be more spontaneous with my reading. Do you read a certain amount of pages or time per day? Or just read whenever and how ever much you want? Maybe a certain time of day? Basically I guess Explain to me your daily reading habits or routine ! If you feel like it I mean.
Any answers appreciated! Thank you so much!!
Each one of us will read in different ways depending in part on our particular reason for reading this text at this time of the day. So deciding why and how you want to read this text may determine the time of the day and the amount of time you set aside for it.
For example. At those times when my mind is most alert and ready to absorb information, usually early in the day, I read non-narrative non-fiction because I can easily grasp and retain the information contained. At the end of the day, when I am tired I can easily grasp narratives but not much else so I tend to read light or light-ish fiction mostly. Back when I was a commuter by train every day I would read a ‘difficult’ book on my way into work and an ‘easy’ one on my way out because that was the most efficient and enjoyable way of managing my reading.
TL;DR version would be: work out what your mental terrain is and then choose the horse best adapted to run across it.