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What's your setup to read books in 2026?
It's been a few years since I read a full book end to end (it was a great historic adventure). For me, my own priorities in 2026, it falls down at the bottom:
1. A full time job (AI sessions)
2. A family
3. A few side projects (AI session)
4. Gym time
5. Read books
AI has made it worse, since I feel there is "so much to gain", and it's a never-ending loop. Do you have great success with a specific flow and routine, e.g "10 pages after morning workout", "best for the evening routine, before going to sleep?"
1. A full time job (AI sessions)
2. A family
3. A few side projects (AI session)
4. Gym time
5. Read books
AI has made it worse, since I feel there is "so much to gain", and it's a never-ending loop. Do you have great success with a specific flow and routine, e.g "10 pages after morning workout", "best for the evening routine, before going to sleep?"
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I do completely understand this.
The only thing that helped me is to put short time, 30 min in my case to learn German. I have all the links/books ready. i just open them and ready to go.
Just pick a book you want to read, put 30 min (or more if you can) and just go through it. when that's done, then jobs, side project can begin
Run for 2+ hours every Sunday morning with an audiobook. Been doing this for over a decade, works great. Initially started because music was too repetitive and podcast too short and floofy.
Also pairs well with the gym but I find podcast a better fit for those shorter sessions
Tried it, and felt it required more concentration (to me) then reading. I think what would happen is I'd loose a part and then keep navigating back 10sec etc.
I have a bit of problem listening to someone else for longer time. A good challenge to try it again, now that is has been a couple of years.
Thanks for share!
this
Pragmatic! What's that like one of those e-readers that use very low energy (e-ink displays) ?
yeah, x3
I start the day by reading a book and having a coffee. I feel like it's a great way to kinda set the stage for the rest of the day and be more intentional. Rather than reactive.
And then the other thing I think matters a lot is choosing the right books to read. I don't believe in reading a book because you feel like you should read it. I believe in reading books that you actually enjoy. So if you start reading a book and it doesn't really grab you in the first 10 pages, ditch it and try something else.
Thanks for share, this is a good compass to stick to. Take-away I get now is we should read books (or start reading books) we enjoy as it builds the reading habit again, instead of reading what we think we "should" which then turns into a boring chore.
For me, that last page-turner was "The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett"