When do you all find the time to read books? Before bed? On the subway? Do you pick up your book between things or carve out intentional daily reading time? Trying to figure out how all of you fit it in between life’s distractions. Also trying to divert my attention from doomscrolling. *Please don’t suggest audiobooks.

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Put your phone in another room. Also, not sure if you’re a parent but we have family reading time as often as possible where we all sit together and read. My son is a pretty big reader which makes that easier.

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That’s such an awesome idea! 👏🏻

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Put your phone in another room when you’re home. When i am into a book, i like to carry it around with me and I’ll read it on the subway or if i am waiting in a long line. It’s nice to go out to a restaurant/bar with a book sometimes too

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What is “book”?

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Its like a magazine, but thicker

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a potentially controversial take: reading on your phone via the kindle app (or libby, overdrive, etc) is sometimes p clutch.

great when you're packed into a crowded subway and can't maneuver a thick, real deal book. or knocking out a few pages if you're waiting for someone at a bar. or if you suddenly have time to kill and want to do a more constructive thing on your phone.

hit dnd/focus if you can and you'll really hone in.

reading--however you do it--starts to pull ahead of doomscrolling the more you read. it's nice to read and feel recharged and excited when it's really engaging. nice to finish something and get closure too.

does doomscrolling ever make you feel better? most of the time, I pull out of scrolling and feel just as bad, if not worse. it's designed to have no sense of finality.

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I find time everywhere in my day. This is my special interest. If I’m working from home, I’m reading in the morning with my cup of coffee before work. Am I commuting to work? I’m sitting on the train with my kindle. Lull between meetings and routes? Squeeze in a few pages. Oh I’m going to the gym tonight? I’m going to prop my kindle up on the treadmill while I walk for an hour, it makes going to the gym a lot more fun for me. It’s time to relax for a little while before bed? Book time!!! No TV, no phone. Phone goes into another room. I make time for it. I really hardly ever watch any tv anymore and I love to read

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Following. Been laid off for 4 months and still have yet to read a book.

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Being laid off is so paralyzing

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I read before bed and also the middle of the night if I wake up and can’t get back to sleep, which happens pretty frequently (thanks, perimenopause!) Sometimes that takes a while and I cover quite a lot of ground!
I leave my phone charging in the kitchen overnight so that helps me only read in bed (vs scroll).

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Commute. Before bed. Weekends.

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If you delete the social apps from your phone, you will read.

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I listen to audiobooks while working but physical books I read before bed, I keep it on my nightstand and carve out the time as a part of trying to relax at the end of the day. I also use the fable app that does reading streaks and don’t want to lose my streak.

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During my commute (walking, subway, and while waiting for the train), during my lunch break, and at home. :)

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What do you have against audiobooks? I ask because I find that’s really the best way for me to “read” these days. I listen on my commute on in-office days, when I walk my dog, during morning walks, doing dishes after dinner, and before I go to sleep. I’m typically a traditionalist when it comes to stuff like this and I get that there’s no substitute for the tactile experience of holding a book and reading words on a page. But most days, the only time I can find to sit down and read is at night before bed, and then I’m asleep before I can get through 2 pages.

I asked for an Audible subscription for Christmas, so I get essentially one free book per month, plus access to a bunch of free titles (none of which are usually that great). You can also usually borrow audiobooks through your local library system with the Libby app.

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I’m the same-ish. Can totally let it rip with a podcast, but if it’s a book, I want to read it with my eyes.

I’m lucky that I don’t have any kids but I like to read for a little at night before bed, and even in the morning before work. All I do all day is read but I try not to let that stop me from reading stuff I actually like, lol. And a rainy weekend day allows me to binge read!

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Before bed and sometimes first thing in the morning while my kids watch cartoons

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I used to be an avid reader and read 2-3 books a week. Then I became an editor and after reading marketing and science copy 6-8 hours a day, reading more started to feel like a chore and I was only reading on a Kindle during my commute, so maybe a book every week or so.

Then we went fully remote and I stopped reading almost entirely.

During a medical leave where I worked on sleeo hygiene, among other things, the new rule in the house was that TVs and other blue light-emitting devices have to be off two hours before bed. My nighttime routine takes about an hour (dishes, set up coffee for the morning, fill water bottles, pills, etc) and I'm using the other hour to read under warm light.

It makes me feel good to be reading again and it helps the sleep routine so it's a win-win. Still not setting any speed or volume records but it's something.

And now, of course, I'm probably going to be back in an office so the commute is back on the table, IF I can get a seat on the subway.

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I try to read every night before bed, no matter what. I don't care if I am 10 Marriott sodas deep and it's 3:30 in the morning. I would rather try and read one page and fall asleep than not. Most of the time I'm only reading 5 to 10 pages anyway, but I have appreciated the calm it brings to my life.

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I read them on my phone and open and read a few pages instead of doom scrolling. If I need a break or have a few minutes to kill, instead of opening instagram I open my reading app.

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Read whenever you want. Nobody is stopping you

Before bed is a good time. Also it helps you sleep deeper, compared to the dopamine onslaught you get from being on your phone in bed.

Pretty much just on planes, long train rides and the beach … can’t read on subway, it makes me miss my stop.

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