Ask HN: How do you squeeze in enough time for book reading?

7 points·wbsun··10 comments

Work is busy: dev, meeting, troubleshooting, various pings, email, chats, ...

Life is busy: kids, wife/husband, house, car, shopping, eating, fun, ...

Are you able to read books, not on vacation, but during weekdays? If yes, how do you get time?

I had this problem. Super busy during the day at work, I drive to work so I can't read during my commute, etc.

I ended up buying a kindle with a backlit screen and started reading in bed for 15-30 minutes right before going to bed. I picked up a library card that gives me access to a bunch of kindle books for free and my amazon prime also gives me access to quite a few books I can read for free. I buy books for the kindle every now and then

I take public transport to work so that I can get a 1 1/2 hours to read everyday. And sometimes while I'm doing my laundry.

I'd love to figure this out also. I'm stuck ready stuff for work during the entire commute just to (barely) stay on top of the latest news. I can't find time to read a real book, and it is frustrating as hell.

For me it's during my commute. I take public transport and read on it.

Audio books are great way to read esp. while commute/driving and evening/morning threadmill sessions (double benefit of improving health + knowledge).

One trick is I try not to bring my phone to bed with me. Then last thing at night, first thing in the morning I have time to read

I stop using my computer and phone at 9pm every evening, and plan to go to bed by 10:30pm.

So I have at least 1 hour and a half for reading.

Read in bed instead of going on your phone.

Audio books whenever I'm cooking, cleaning, driving, or exercising

I can no longer fall asleep without listening to an audiobook. Currently listening to HPatMoR.

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