When & where do you read?

[John]

I'm trying to read more, and I wanted to hear from others ideas on when and where you read? Unfortunately, I'm reading at night and I generally fall asleep after about 1 or 2 pages. It's hard to make a lot of progress at that rate.

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Im retired, no kids at home, so I have a chance to read all day. My favorite place is on my screened porch, but this winter has just been too cold for that. If I read at night, it has to be essays or humor or memoirs, I get too tired and sleepy to follow a plot.

[Kelly J.]

I always carry a book or my kindle with me wherever I go. Even a few minutes waiting in a line can make a difference (and keeps me from mindless scrolling on my phone). Also, I find doing the various reading challenges sponsored by my local library motivating to carve out time.

[Cathrine ☯️]

Also retired which upped my reading considerably.
Like Diane, I have specific night time reading/listening material, some of which is chosen to help me fall to sleep.
Like Kelly, my Kindle goes with me most places but I also have audio books going at all times so my Airpods are in my ears a lot and on the go. Husband doesn't like it but sometimes books take priority 😉

[Lisa (NY)]

I prefer print books and get up early so I have an hour to read before work. I also listen to audiobooks whenever I can and like Cathrine, my husband also complains. But I can't even imagine cleaning up without a book to listen to...

[♥ Sandi ❣]

I am now retired and can read at any point and time. However when I did work I took specific books to work and left them there. (I had my own office) On breaks and with lunch I read whenever possible. I also had a book going at home - which I carved out time on weekends to read, along with a few minutes before I fell asleep each night.

Try the Playaways - get a good set of ear phones and walk the dog. Try an audio CD when commuting. Or as others suggest - get up earlier - even 30 minutes - and read with a cup of coffee or tea. Treat your wife and kids to a movie or the playground and use that time to read. Take a bath instead of a shower - your body will feel better with a little Epson salts added - read in the tub for 30 min. Just a few suggestions.

[Terry]

I am still working, but no kids in the house anymore. I read hard copy in the morning and at night. I listen to audiobooks in the car on M-F commutes, and sometimes in the kitchen preparing meals or doing other housework or garden work. I sometimes have the TV on just for company but if I like the book, I can easily tune out the TV. Generally, I don’t watch a lot anyway, mostly news or classic movies. Words with Friends, Goodreads posting and sometimes jigsaw puzzles compete for my attention, but I often do those when watching TV. I do not read for pleasure at work. If I read at lunch, it will be Landscape Architecture Magazine. My daughter calls me an “insane multi-tasker.” The truth is I mostly concentrate on one thing at a time, with many things on my plate.

[Book Concierge]

I seem to be reading LESS since I retired. I blame it on time-management. I had to be disciplined in terms of TM when I was working, now I easily fall into various rabbit holes (I can play Solitaire on the computer for hours).

Still, I read over 150 books last year.

I carry a book with me everywhere. Yes, I am that person standing in the check-out line at the grocery, reading a few paragraphs. I also listen to audiobooks in the car (fewer now that I don't have that hour-long commute each way). And I usually read when I go to bed, though after a page and a half I'm usually ready to sleep.