In 2022 I resolved to read more, not a SMART goal or resolution, but I didn’t want too much pressure. I was able to read more by using some specific strategies, sharing in case it helps anyone else!
📚 Get a Kindle and reach for it when you’d usually reach for your phone, especially when you’re already in bed.
📚 I already had a library card but wasn’t using Libby yet for borrowing via Kindle, this leveled up my reading!! I had to “borrow later” many times, but it was a great way to keep my books stacked electronically and not physically, which was often overwhelming.
📚 Just read a page, or even a paragraph. As with a lot of things, just start.
📚 It’s ok to stop reading a book for whatever reason. I had a handful of DNFs (did not finish) this year, and that’s fine! I also picked up and finished a couple DNFs I had on my shelf at home.
📚 Bring a book or Kindle with you: waiting at school or activity pickup, waiting at the doc/dentist, traveling etc. Moselle and I read books at the urgent care waiting room a couple years ago!
📚 Share with others. Talking about what you read can help you find other readers to talk you and inspire others to read so you can make sense of a book or topic together.
📚 Keep adding to your hold list. I’m still waiting for Remarkably Bright Creatures and some other hot reads of 2024. When reading news articles, book reviews, social posts etc, login to your library account and add to your list before you forget.
📚 Get a book light. Some books aren’t on Kindle and you gotta read them the old fashioned way!
Any other reader strategies?