Can’t get around to that stack of books?
Is the Tower of Pisa full of books in your house because you just can’t seem to get around to reading them? No more excuses. This will work with these 10 tips from Nextory.
1. No time is no longer an excuse. Make sure you have that book within reach and read or listen while waiting, on your walk, during your workout or in the supermarket. The advantage of an app with audio and eBooks is that you can ‘read’ them wherever and whenever you want.
2. Make reading part of your daily routine and schedule realistic reading time. Even if it’s just a few pages a day. And read one book at a time, because multitasking is fun, but not always useful while reading. This prevents you from being completely immersed and confused by different storylines.
3. Make your monthly reading goal concrete. A tip is the Nextory app. With their ‘Book Challenge’ feature you can easily set goals for the amount of reading and listening minutes per month. Choose the number of books you want to read in a certain time and Nextory will do the rest. The app reminds you of your own set goals via push notifications.
4. Only read when you have the energy. Six in ten Dutch people prefer to spend part of the day reading or listening, and for the vast majority the evening is the ideal time. This is the moment when people have the most energy and concentration to read and/or listen. Is that also the case for you? Then plan your day in such a way that you leave yourself free to read in the evenings.
5. Combine an audiobook with other activities. During a walk, in the car or in public transport. These are excellent moments to grab that audio book from the proverbial shelf. Audiobooks are often listened to while performing household chores, such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, washing dishes, ironing or vacuuming.
6. Choose your favorite place. At home on the couch, in bed, in the park or on the beach. Go to the place where you prefer to dream away in a book.
7. Create the right setting. Turn off external stimuli such as radio and TV and become completely absorbed in your book. It’s good for your mind, your senses, and your mental health to “drown” in the story.
8. Ask friends for recommendations. Do you no longer see the forest for the trees, so you just don’t read anything? Take a look at what your friends liked, and who knows, you might read books that you wouldn’t have picked up yourself.
9. Agree with a friend to read the same book. And then plan a coffee date to discuss the book. Even a small ‘book club’ provides a stick behind the door.
10. Have you started a book, but you don’t like it as much as expected? Don’t force yourself to read this. Stop reading and start again with another book that appeals to you.
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