• conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    (Ignore for all of this that most of my volume is audiobooks. Those habits are different, but this is referring to physical or ebooks.)

    I get his premise that there are a lot of small segments in the day where you could read a couple pages, and there’s definite merit to replacing random dopamine trap social media stuff with those.

    For me personally, I need longer sessions to really enjoy most content. The suggestion I received somewhere, and I have found helpful, is kind of the opposite. If you, every day, make a point of picking up a book and reading 2-3 pages, or 5 minutes, or whatever. Some days you won’t be feeling it and won’t do more than that. Some days you will. But the habit of breaking inertia and starting will make you a lot more likely to read a lot more.

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      7 days ago

      If you, every day, make a point of picking up a book and reading 2-3 pages, or 5 minutes, or whatever. Some days you won’t be feeling it and won’t do more than that. Some days you will. But the habit of breaking inertia and starting will make you a lot more likely to read a lot more.

      This! Gotta do the work, even if only a little. Motivation follows action.