How to Find Motivation to Read Regularly

How to Find Motivation to Read Regularly

Reading is the mental stimulation your brain needs in order to help you generate more ideas, increase white matter, improve your memory, learn new things, become a better communicator, brush up on your writing skills, and get better at finding focus.

Not just that, but it’s also an activity that keeps your brain young and even helps you handle depression, anxiety and stress more easily.

You can lower mental decline by becoming an avid reader and this can also be the motivation you need to dream bigger and reach your next goals in life.

However, all these incredible benefits of reading can only become a reality once you turn this into a regular activity. You need to read often and different genres of books so you can improve your analytical thinking, vocabulary and organizational skills.

The reason why most people don’t grab a book each day or do anything else online other than reading interesting things is the lack of motivation. If you find it, you can become a regular reader in no time.

Here are some hacks to help you do just that.

1. Start small.

Those who are new to having reading as a habit usually look at the big picture, which is a whole book that should be completed in a short amount of time. But that’s far from reality.

Even a page a day is much better than not reading at all and you can still experience all the advantages we mentioned above.

Starting small might mean reading a few paragraphs of a good book or one blog post on an interesting topic each morning. Once that feels more comfortable and it gets easier to read, you can make that a few pages or 30 minutes of reading.

2. Turn it into a challenge.

Challenging yourself can make this fun. Why not see how much you can read in a day? Or maybe you can research the favorite books of a self-made millionaire you look up to and decide to read them all by the end of the year in order to develop a similar mindset?

A deadline combined with a good motive is a powerful formula for success when turning reading into a regular activity.

3. Make the most of audiobooks.

Audiobooks are a pretty common way to multitask and learn things at the same time. If there’s an aspect of life you want to improve, pick the audio version of a bestselling book on the topic and listen to it while commuting, in the gym, walking or just being at home and relaxing.

Your brain will still be engaged, making connections and boosting its memory and thinking skills.

4. Always have something to read.

Most people spend every free minute of the day on their phones, checking social media, email or replying to messages. That most likely happens because it’s easily accessible and requires no thinking or preparing, you just grab your phone and can do any of these with a few clicks.

If you make reading that easy, you can begin doing it on autopilot and thus read a lot every day without even realizing.

One great way to start doing that is to always have a book with you. Or you can download your next eBook so you can open the file any time and read a few paragraphs.

5. Eliminate distractions.

To read more often, you’ll need to resist the urge to keep yourself busy with less important things. For example, you can have your book next to your bed and read a bit first thing in the morning. Then your mind is empty, mornings are peaceful and quiet and you can focus on the content of the book. What’s more, your head won’t be full of the next things on your to-do list or solving small problems from work that will come later in the day.

That allows you to make the most of the reading experience. The lack of distractions helps you enter a state of flow and truly understand what you’re reading, memorize it better and come up with new ideas and realizations that can be applied to whatever it is you’re trying to achieve next in life.

Books can be your best friend if you give them a chance. Turn reading into a habit with these 5 tips and experience all the beautiful changes that will bring into your life.