Two years ago, I used to
read at least five books and lots of manga per month. But, in the past two
years, I was too busy that I'd rather sleep than reading. It makes my record
goes down to just a couple of books in a year and the only manga I read is
Detective Conan. Sad.
These days, life is
pretty boring, so I started reading to keep my brain busy and have some fun. Yet,
I found out that my attention span has been greatly reduced. Thanks social
media. Thanks Twitter’s 140 character. Damn. I find it so hard to enjoy the
book, because instead of turning pages, I chose to open social media after finishing
a page. Which means, an hour of Twitter for every 10 min. of reading. Bad.
Only after several trials
did I manage to have fun and dive deep into the book that I’m reading. So,
these are the five steps that saved me from the dark pit of only reading
Twitter timeline.
1.
Start by re-reading interesting book
This is the most
important step for me. I liked reading popular science book, but diving
directly into those books did me no good in getting my reading routine back.
The short span attention kept stopping me from finishing the book. The failure
to finish the book made me so lazy to start again.
Until one day I saw a
blog post about Three Investigators (Robert Arthur Jr.) and The Famous Five
(Enyd Blyton). I decided to start re-reading books from my childhood reading
list. Those books made such a great impact to me, I wish it will do the same
this time. And it works! I managed to finish thicker books since then. Yeah!
2.
Show off!
In the era of social
media, we have to show everything off, right? No? These days, social media is
quite gloomy, especially with Donald Trump as president elect and the incoming
Jakarta's governor election. So, instead of meddling in the muddy water, I’d
rather make my timeline a bit smarter by sharing books that I read. Another way
to show off your bookshelves is by registering to Goodreads.
Have you ever read articles
on Bill Gates’ must-read-books or Barack Obama’s summer reading list? Yes, the
world needs to know what you are reading now.
3.
Tell them your target
They say, the best way to
reach your target is by letting the universe know, so that one way or the other
it will help you. The rule applies to this program as well. It doesn’t matter
whether you write the books that you want to read on your bedroom wall or
Facebook wall, just make sure that the universe knows.
You may also join reading
challenges from Goodreads.
The heaven on earth.
Coming to book store always make me happy and feeling intimidated in the same
time. You could read lots of excerpt, acting like a know-it-all person, and
smell the books. Going outside may help refreshing your mind after facing pressure
at work and what’s a better way to recharge our energy but wandering around
children books corner, right?
5.
Choose the right reading app
Last but not least. I think
this last step is what makes my effort to get my reading routine back fruitful.
Although I have no job right now, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not busy. I have
to put reading in between many activities that I have to do in a day. Reading
physical book is not really a good option for now. Besides being more
expensive, it’s also not convenient for my situation right now.
So, after trying many
application, the winners are: GooglePlay Books (free app, so little free books), iJakarta
(free app, free books), Bookmate (free
app, subscription available).
Please share your reading list with me. Connect with me at Goodreads.
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