From childhood through high school, I loved to read. I remember sitting and reading in my room for hours on end, completely losing myself within the pages and the the joy that went along with it.
But going into college, my reading habits changed dramatically. The amount of required reading in my college classes was highly different from the high school regiment I was used to, and it left no time for recreational reading. Even if there was time left over after, I was so burned out from reading I wouldn't want to read more.
Now that I have been in the university life for a while, I have come up with ways to fit recreational reading into my week.
AUDIOBOOKS
Okay, okay. Before you bookish elitists dismiss me completely, understand that audiobooks are an amazing way to multitask. Personally, I have a 30 minute commute to school and back. I use the wonderful aux cord to listen to Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin while getting from point A to B.
Also, I've listened to audiobooks while working out. This one is a little harder to do in my opinion. The plus side is that listening to a book prevents me from procrastinating my work out by skipping songs in my playlists. I feel that it's better to listen to survival or high intestity books when excersizing. Like The Hunger Games of The Martian.
E-BOOKS
Again, book elitist are going to freak out, but hear me out.
If you use a tablet or laptop (or even just your phone) for school work, you can carry an entire library around with you without adding weight to your backpack. This way you'll always have a novel handy if you find yourself getting 15 or 30 minutes of extra time because a class got out early.
(I also reccomend subscribing to BookBub to get daily deals on super cheap- somwetiomes free- e books).
SIMILAR MATERIAL
Here's something new that I've been trying, but I'm still figuring out exactly how to perfect this system. For example, if you're learning about The Odyssey in a literature class, maybe you could read The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, which is based on Odysseus's wife Penelope.
(Who knows, maybe it would reveal paper topics...)
WEEKLY GOALS
Simple enough, but planning out how much reading you want to do is a great way to figure out how much time for reading you need. I feel like weekly goals are the most realistic. Daily quotas are too much pressure and monthly goals are too relaxed and easy to procrastinate on.
I feel like this works specifically with physical books where you can easily see the amount of pages for each chapter.
How do you add more reading to your lives? Let me know on twitter and instagram @fearlesslove318 or use #IReadThisWay
Hope you all have a wonderful week! Talk to you soon! Love you
