[fryingskull]

interesting how nobody has any problem making time for their hobbies! why reading isn't part of your hobbies? its not suppose to be a chore.

don't try to sneak in 5 min here and 20 min there to finish some book as if world's fate depends on you reading books. cut family times in half if possible or maybe cut your hobbies time to make room for your new hobby.

and don't multitask reading either, it can work on simple books but information dense books requires full attention (same for everything else in life), unless you just wanna read for the sake of feeling smart.

[xcambar]

It's true that for me, reading is on another category than hobbies, but your comment triggers an interesting question: why?

I never thought about that before...

Just a hypothesis: maybe because I see reading as a means towards an escape, an experience or a learning, while hobbies provide them primarily. I'll have to dig.

About "cut family times in half": this sounds completely alien to me. Why would I want anything like that?

[fryingskull]

that hypothesis sounds about right, or at least for things that aren't my hobbies.

if your description of family times is to share interesting, meaningful, fun moments together then obviously you should even add to it. i know lots of peoples idea of it, is to just be in the same room!