Reading a book is not something that you will ever accidentally do.  No one ever just finds themselves all of a sudden reading a book.  In fact, just the opposite is true.  In order to become a reader, one has to make reading a priority.  One has to make time for reading.    

I have made reading a priority in my life.  Specifically, I take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour, every night, and devote it to reading.  Even when I don’t feel like reading, I make myself read, because it’s that important to me. 

But I don’t just read at night.  I’ve also learned to make time for reading throughout the course of a normal day.  Wherever I go, I try to take a book with me. 

If I have a dentist appointment, I take a book with me.  If I’m going to meet someone for lunch, I take a book with me (my lunch appointment may be late and if I have a book I can take advantage of that time by reading).  If I’m going to pick up my son from school and there is a possibility I might have to wait in a long line, I take a book. 

Again, reading doesn’t just happen.  No one stumbles into reading.  You have to make it a priority.  The question becomes, “Do you think reading is important?”

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