2026-10-22: I found these old writings when I was cleaning up some stuff and added them here.
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As I mentioned yesterday, today I am going to write about how to find time to read more books. Actually it's all about cutting the time we shouldn't be putting elsewhere and investing it in ourselves.
One of the ways is if you have a daily commute and if you go by public transport then you can keep a book with you to read on the way instead of browsing through people's posts on Facebook.
One other time where you can read a book is right before going to sleep. Instead of taking your phone to bed with you, keep the phone on a table or some-place away from your hand's reach and take a book with you to bed. This will also improve your sleep since the blue-light emitted by an electronic device's screen disrupts our sleep pattern.
Another great method which I read in a book was adopted by Abraham Lincoln, he used to tear up a bunch of pages (say 8-10) from the book he was currently reading and keep those with him in his pocket. Then he would read them whenever he finds even a small amount of time like waiting for someone to arrive or such. After he has finished reading those 10 pages, he will replace them in the book and take out the next 10 pages. This way he managed to find time to read a good bunch of books even while performing his duties as The President of United States.
What you basically want to start with is a very little daily progress. Instead of making an output-based goal, like reading a book every month or every week, make an input based goal, like reading for at-least an hour everyday.But do remember one thing, start small. Start laughably small, like reading at-least 10 minutes everyday. But make sure that you stick to your commitment. It would eventually happen that you would read for longer period of time than your daily goal. Eventually this snowball effect will produce results which would no longer remain laughable.
Okay friends, I will leave you here today and come back tomorrow and try to sell you on the benefits of reading.