Need to Read More

I need to read more.

Over the last year to year and a half I've only managed to get through half of the books that I wanted to. That isn't to say that I've read maybe 6 out of 12 books. It's closer to say that I've read half each of those 12 books.

I usually blame my exhausting work schedule on this. My day job has my brain working all day that it is often just easier to try to not think when consuming media—so I watched a lot of YouTube and Netflix.

I need to stop that. My growing pile of books to read irritates me. I want to read them.

I tried to ask the internet how could I find time to read more. For the most part it had no ideas. The most cited advice was to carry a book around with you. But I was already doing that. At any given time I might have 3 or 4 things on me that I wanted to read.

My plan is to try plan time specifically for it. Most days I have half an hour to an hour either after work and before dinner or after dinner and before work (dam—I work too much). Lately I've been using that time to try and find something to watch on YouTube or Netflix. That needs to stop. I'm going to try and take 30 minutes out of that window every day just for reading.

I'll let you know how it goes.