This is a question that I’ve asked myself a few times in the past: will reading before bed help me sleep? I find it hard to wind down after a long day of work, especially because I work an overnight shift and my job entails sitting at a computer for at least eight hours straight. Going right from staring at a computer screen to trying to sleep while the sun is up can be a real challenge that results in my lying there awake for hours at a time. This was actually part of a different experiment I did in which I read every day for a week straight, the video for which is on my YouTube channel.

Today, I’m going to talk not about what’s on my reading list, but about how I organize my reading list to make sure that I don’t just read what I want to, but that I read often and don’t get burned out from reading, which is something that I’ve experienced in the past on a few occasions. In some cases, a reading burnout has led to months or even years of me not reading (and is a big part of why I think that most lists of required reading for literature classes are dreadful and poorly optimized, at least from what I’ve both experienced and heard). So, how do I organize my reading list to make sure that I’m getting the most out of my experience? Let’s get into it!

Today, I want to talk specifically about reading books and how I manage to read as much as I do. I used to read a lot and have been getting back into the swing of it, which I’ve found to be a bit easier than I originally thought. In the first month of 2022, I read about 500,000 words, or a little over 100,000 words a week. I used to read even more than that! So, in today’s post, I’m going to talk about what works for me in this regard. Hopefully, you’ll be able to pull something from one or all of these tips!