Many people ask me how do I get to read so many books ?, and my answer is that I have a routine and a reading rhythm. I will share my recipe with you. Try this for a month and see how much progress you make. You have nothing to lose and much to win. A sitcom usually runs for half an hour at a time with dramas and soap operas running for an hour or more. Instead of watching sitcoms or drama shows, turn off the television and take time to read. That’s right … READ. Let’s say you watch three sitcoms for half an hour each. Choose three books that you are currently reading or would like to read. Read each book for half an hour each (the same time you would have spent watching the sitcoms). Set a timer if necessary to stay on course. At the end of thirty minutes, switch to the next book and start reading it, and at the end of those thirty minutes, move on to the third book. If you do this once a day for a month, you will be absolutely amazed at how many books you will complete in that time and ultimately in a year.
It’s not that we don’t have time to read, it’s more like we don’t TAKE / MAKE time to read. If television is not your thing and you spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer or on social networks, the same recipe will apply; just insert the word computer in the blank where I have TV above. In fact, any other time-consuming activity will fill in the blank. In other words, I ask you to substitute reading for one of the other activities.
I cannot express the myriad benefits of you doing this here in this post. If you can’t do the 90 minutes, start with 30 minutes and work your way up. Give up a sitcom to read a few chapters of a good book. Research says that anything you do for thirty days becomes a habit (good or bad), so give it a try and see how quickly the number of books you’ve read increases in a week, month, and year. I challenge you to challenge yourself. Happy reading!