The best time to read

The best time to read

One of the trouble people have with reading particularly when they are out of the formal school environment is that not having examinations and the like to compel them, they try to read anytime they feel like and can find the time too. It does not work like that. In the modern world in which we live, reading like every other activity has to be scheduled. And as behavioural researchers would tell you, those things which you schedule, you are more likely to take serious. And the things you take serious are more likely to yield dividends. It is therefore important that you find your most convenient time to read and proceed to use it maximally

When you adopt this attitude, you would be saving yourself two hassles. First, you would be getting out of the trap of those who read whenever they find the time and really never find it, and second, your dedication to specified reading hours would mean that you can then add all other off-plan reading opportunities that you then find and utilize as bonus sessions.

My best reading time for example is when I am traveling (and this could simply be whilst commuting to and from work in a busy and traffic-stressed city like Lagos). Of course this is virtually impossible when you are the one driving or quite difficult when you are in the company of one or more people with whom you are burdened to sustain social talk. But even at that you would need to call up your sense of discipline and look for ‘polite breaks’ even whilst socializing knowing the value reading and precisely also, what you are reading at that time, is bringing to your entire life!

Next it is Saturday afternoon and then Sunday after church.

From time to time also, I also snatch hours after work in the evenings to do some more reading.

One other helpful tip: if you are one of those having problems presently with sustaining a reading habit, my candid advice to you is that, at this point, do not read just anything that you find. Rather, go the extra mile to seek books on the subjects and areas that you enjoy and read them. Once the habit is structured, you can then venture further a-field into other areas. How long this would take depends on the individual case scenario but you can be sure that I am available to review the details of that situation if you send a detailed off-blog mail to richard.mammah@gmail.com

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