In a perfect world, bookworms are free to read whenever they feel like it. Imagine how cool it must be. Still, don't live in a perfect world and we have many tasks and responsibility to do in our life. Having a day job, for example. Yes, it's exhausting and time consuming (especially in my case). I have to sit in my office around forty hours a week and I'm lucky if I still have some leftover energy when I get home.
Raising children is another. I am a mother of two daughters, both are below 5 years old and they need my full attention as well. It's as if I really don't have a "me" time, let alone to curl up and read a book. Still, it still amaze me that I am able to finish big epic books, when at first I even doubted myself that I would reach the last page.
I am so glad I did it. I don't really have special tricks, but there are three things that helps me along the way. Here are some of them :
I must admit that taking it easy helps me a lot so far. It's not a competition and it has to stay that way. No one is judging me by the number of books I read in a week nor what type of book I like. Just follow your heart, reading is fun, make it that way. Don't feel like reading a book? Then don't. Relax, go out to the park, the mall or wherever you like we bookworms sometimes need a good break from books too.
With a hectic schedule, I personally never know when I will have extra minutes to spend. That's why I always carry my e-reader with me. With my books being easily accessed, it helps in speeding up toward the next pages.
I am very guilty of this actually. I was stressing myself because I refused to give up on books no matter how boring it is. I am not going to do it anymore, ever. I have thousands of books of my to-read list to be honest and since my times is precious, I want to make it worthwhile. Now I have a commitment to give it around 100 pages before deciding whether to continue or not. Hopefully with this way my time would be spent well.
Now, I would really love to know your tips. Please write about it in the comment section, or if you feel like writing a post about it, you are more than welcome to leave your link below.
