How I Make Time to Read

Hello everyone!
I decided to talk about how I manage to make time to read. If some of you don't know I am a full-time student, part-time pharmacy tech, tutor, and I do many more day to day things. Some of you are even busier than I am! I felt compelled to make this post to maybe help some of you make time to read, and maybe even give you new ways to catch up on reading that you may have not thought about before.

One way I like to get in reading is by dedicating me-time every day and finishing work early if I can. I know many people think they are too busy but just think. How many times per day do you aimlessly scroll on social media or watch Youtube? If you took that time to do work, whether school work or errands, you can dedicate the time you saved by doing your work early and use it for maybe an hour or so of reading! 📖🕤

Another way I make time to read is to read when I eat 😋I know, the horror! "What if I spill something on my book?", some may ask. How I read when I eat is I put the food in front of me directly and then I lay my book down behind my food so when I eat there is no chance of my food hitting the pages. I use my phone to lay on the book to keep it open so I don't have to use my hands to hold it up. I like to use the time to eat to read because it is usually one of my quietest times. In the morning when eating breakfast I will check my emails and then read. It gives me a good 20 minutes to get some pages in to read. At lunch, I find a quiet table at school and it gives me about an hour to read 🥘 Dinnertime I usually do eat with others so I don't get to read too much at dinner, but from breakfast and lunch alone I got an extra 1 hour and 20 minutes of reading in.

One of the last ways I will talk about to help you read more is to carry a book with you everywhere you go🏃Even if you don't think you will have time to read, you will be so surprised by how many times you can sneak in some pages! I take my current read with me wherever I go just in case. I usually put it in a book sleeve to keep it safe, and then I put it in a bag of mine to have it with me wherever I head to. I've been able to find time at work when work is slow to read, in between my classes I have read, and I've even read standing in a long line at Starbucks! Carrying a book with you wherever you go allows you to constantly see it, and have it on hand for the chances you do have time to read. So it allows you to pick up a book instead of picking up your phone and losing valuable reading time! 📚

~Biblio Bri xox 💕