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What gets in the way of your reading?
Instagram and watching booktok reels :)
no motivation/reading slump, social media (mostly twitter, but this can in turn also motivate me lol), or just life in general (uni, work, etc.).
Um school for 8 hours, softball for another 2 after school (round it to 3), then homework and my actual job
Chores, life, other hobbies, and medical concerns
school, homework and social media 😐
School, tests, family and friends...life in general
school, homework, dance, other hobbies
Thanks all for the comments, I appreciate it a lot and feel ya - it can be hard to keep the desired habit and also too easy to make it stressful feeling like we should have this ideal habit! As a thanks, based on the comments, I thought I'd put a quick doc together outlining some potential solutions based on the behavioural science and general logical approaches for different challenges mentioned.
I hope it is helpful :) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ipGp...
Social media, school, other things that I need to get done
Work, my boyfriend and my students D:
Gaming, schoolwork, and "Oh, another 40 min commentary video about a very niche topic!"
Daiana wrote: "Work, my boyfriend and my students D:"That's why when I read I keep my phone away
I work 40 hours a week…. And I’m always tired
Having a full time (exhausting) job (I’m a CSI), adult responsibilities.
work! and needing to sleep for work. my boyfriend also has a habit of keeping me from reading but he doesn't mean too!
honestly technology. I need to cut down on it, and like i have a hard time picking up a book and starting, but once I do I cant stop.
There is a long list from my Mum to my bratty sisters as I need to watch them. But nevertheless, I always read at least once a day and at least one chapter xx.
School and vestibular - big ass test I have to do to enter any university (the difference from ACT and SAT is that the only thing that matters is this test, you may as well fail high school, you just need to pass this incredibly difficult test that only happens once a year)
Thinking about all the other more productive things I should be doing instead.
People distracting me or book took videos
School. My brother. Sleep. Swim team. Headaches. And much more
University. Lack of Motivation. Overthinking. Stress. Anxiety
annoying ppl tryna talk to me while im reading
I love books and reading in general but at times I get caught up in watching book based videos or TikTok’s and never actually read books 😐 I’m currently working on getting myself back to reading atleast 50 pages of a book a day but it is challenging at times for me. I also don’t get motivated to read when the book has a slow beginning and doesn’t hook me in the first quarter of the book and it ends up sitting on my desk for week or possibly months before I pick it up and read it. I usually get hooked into the book eventually but it’s hard for me to get started into a book.
Examples are not having enough time in the day, can't find the motivation to read as much as you might want to and so on!
I'd love to hear any thoughts and if interested chat with you if you're struggling to build your reading habit :)