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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read a lot. The past few years, about 100 books a year (I track on Goodreads). A mix of fiction and nonfiction (mostly history).

Recently, I decided that I wanted to make some time for other hobbies, so I lowered my Goodreads goal for the year, and I'm not reading quite so much, but I'll still probably read around 60 books this year.

For me, discipline goes the other way, because I'll always pick a book over anything else - so I have to be disciplined to do other things.

If I'm feeling especially burnt out or like my brain is fried, I'll pick up something easy and light. A not-too-gruesome murder mystery, like Agatha Christie, often fits the bill.[/quote]

That is an impressive amount of books. I have to ask, do you work full-time?  Or are you just a really fast reader or read multiple books at the same time? my mother reads multiple books at the same time. She’ll listen to one book while she’s reading another book.

I am lucky if I can read one book a month. But then I used to read more frequently. I’m one of the earlier posters of this thread who said I am mentally exhausted. Between work, family, kids school, etc. I just don’t have the bandwidth anymore[/quote]

I do work full time, but my kids are mostly grown. When they were younger, I didn't read quite as much. When I'm commuting, I get a lot of reading done on the train, and when I WFH, I tend to use the time when I would be commuting to read. I also just always have a book with me (either a physical book or something loaded on the Libby app). Early for an appointment? I'll pull out a book to read. Pretty much anytime I have a few minutes to kill, I'm reading. I am a pretty quick reader, but not excessively so. The books I read are a mix. Some are shorter and quick, but I do read my share of big, slow books (I have a particular fondness for hefty Victorian novels).

I'm not kidding though, when I say that I have to make myself do other things. I don't spend as much time on things like cleaning or exercising as I probably should. I don't really watch TV or movies on a regular basis. I'm working on creating some balance because I feel like over the course of the pandemic years I started neglecting some things I enjoy (as well as some things I should do) so I could read more and more.[/quote]

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