It is almost the end of the year. I might make it to 55 books read this year. That’s not bad, but I used to make it to 100 books every year. My ability to focus on a book changed during lockdown and I never made it back to where I was before. Instead, other things have taken the reading time.
Here is a list of the things I do when I could be reading:
- Watch TV – this is an easy one. I always have shows recorded. I have multiple streaming services. I have FIOS with hundreds of channels. I can always find something to watch.
- Games – I play Wordle, Worldle, Phrazle, Weaver, Globle, Factle, Factle Sports, and the daily challenge on the Spelltower app every day. I also spend a lot of time doing mayor and design challenges on Sim City Build It.
- TikTok – Nice, short videos. My feed is finally mostly humor.
- Other social media – It’s too easy to just scroll through Facebook and Twitter even when nothing is interesting there.
- The farm – 9 hours is a lot less than the 40 I spent at work, but I also read for work and was not quite as tired as I am after farm work.
That’s pretty much it All things I can do without much focus or thought. I will try to change that in the new year.
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It’s funny but we reversed. I used to read 50 books a year and now I’ve doubled….
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A lot of people I know started reading more when I started reading less. I’ve always been the odd one
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I know a lot who read less too.
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Games are my downfall. Since my TV is in my bedroom, I don’t watch much, if at all, during the day. But games I can do on my iPad whenever and wherever, so I sometimes don’t read when I could. I do, however, get a lot more read by listening to audiobooks because I can listen while I drive, cook, exercise, almost anything.
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I need to start listening to more audiobooks now that I drive more
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Sports take up a lot of my time, especially this time of year. I do keep up with all my shows and streaming series, and also get out to see movies, but not a lot of time left over for books and movies (not seen in theatre) at home.
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Sometimes sports helps my reading of it is not a game I’m invested in. I can read and keep tabs on random football games
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My reading fluctuates on how interested I am in the book. Also, I’ve been listening to podcasts more than TV.
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