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Schedule your reading time

If you want to read more books, schedule your reading time like you’d schedule a meeting or a coffee date with friends. Waiting for whenever you’re in the mood to read just doesn’t work. Sometimes you just have to start to get in the mood.

You may love books, but that doesn’t mean cracking open a new novel is easy. You might be tired or intimidated by a thick book.

But you’ll get more reading done if you dedicate a set time every day to reading.

An average adult can read up to 300 words per minute. So if you read for a half hour a day, you’ll get through a mid-sized book in a week. If you make reading a habit, you’ll realise how quickly you’re able to get through books – and that will inspire you to read more.

Scheduling in your reading means you’ll have to sacrifice other things – like TV or social media. Because you can’t really do everything. So ask yourself – what are your priorities?

If an hour a day isn’t realistic, then read for a half hour. It doesn’t matter if you read in the morning or at night. What matters is building a habit.

Books can give us knowledge by encouraging us to think. Books can also give us knowledge through the experience of reading. Many people feel that when they read a book, especially works of fiction, they interact with "another world." Reading books gives us the opportunity to learn through vicarious experience.