We Lost Our Reading Habit - How to Read More (Again)

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We both loved reading growing up, but lost our reading habit during law school when we suddenly needed to read a LOT, all of the time. Working wasn’t much different, since we had to read vast amounts of documents for work almost every day. Over the past few years though, we’ve managed to find ways to build back our personal reading habit, which we share in today’s video!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:43 Tip 1
3:43 Tip 2
6:47 Tip 3

[@EmandLloyd]

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[@nickmansun7214]

Congratulations on having sponsorship, your videos are all well thought and well made, look forward to watching more videos from you both ❤️

[@EmandLloyd]

Thank you so much! Definitely a big milestone, and we’re happy it’s with an app we love to use. Appreciate the support 🙌🏻

[@weicheelam5059]

Welcome back to the world of leisure reading! I don't know about you guys, but I absolutely do not enjoy look up books on online stores. I find so much pleasure spending time in a bookstore, such as the Strand in NYC, the Kinokuniyas in KL and SG, and Swindon at TST (when it was still around). Every time I'm in a bookstore, I feel like a kid in a candy store. I usually look up the books that I'm interested in reading in the bookstores, hold them in my hands, flip through the pages and take in the fresh scent of paper. You are right, be specific and intentional in your reading, but sometimes you also allow a random book take you on an unexpected journey.

[@EmandLloyd]

Absolutely! We love discovering new books in bookstores, and shopping for books is definitely not the same experience online. The tips we shared in this video were more the things we did which helped us rediscover our love for reading a while back after we lost the habit during law school, but we definitely share the same kid in a candy store excitement when we're in a bookstore!

[@husk1942]

That's beautiful. Also one of the reasons why I can never understand e books. I need to feel the paper and have something to smell. And over the years seeing how the plages turn yellow.

[@jillianruan287]

Always look forward to your new videos. Learnt so much from you guys!

[@mangoesandgrapes3073]

i love your channel so much! so happy i found you guys through the partner track video - please continue - this is so helpful!!

[@rupshabanerjee2506]

I agree with this!
Reading law really makes you put off leisure reading! I managed to bring the habit back during the covid lockdown but since things have gone back to normal and work is back again, my reading for leisure has gone down again! 😔

[@pz1498]

would love to see a room tour! Looks so comfy and stylish

[@jcck]

Definitely will try shortform!
Physical books reader +1
Have read a few great behavioural economics books last month btw!

[@mengchunzhang3140]

I was like to read paper book ,and also would love to ebook , contrast these approch, I was very paid attention to the routine, in effect I study english every day for 12 hours.
2 hours was taked to speaking, 2 hours for reading, other hours for watch various videos for listening ,dictation.
thanks for your couples video, I was inspired.

[@EmandLloyd]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate the support and best of luck with your English studies 😄

[@brandonbanks3476]

Big fan of you guys! Couldn’t help but notice the Green Apple Books in SF Cameo! Welcome to the Bay Area!

[@EmandLloyd]

Thank you! Amazing bookstore - we had a blast in there.

[@reneewong8464]

Thanks for the video Em and Lloyd! Any podcast recommendation?

[@EmandLloyd]

We both have gotten a lot out of Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory - there's a wide range of topics covered on that podcast in terms of mindset, nutrition and productivity. Thanks for watching!

[@aknshab9874]

I love the tung chung library, try it,
And audilble too.

[@OK-wb1dy]

Gosh I miss being a library !

[@owpecke]

Love the video! Can you guys share some books that you really enjoyed? (Both fiction and non-fiction)

[@EmandLloyd]

This could definitely be a topic for another video, but to briefly answer your question, Atomic Habits by James Clear and The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss are two non-fiction books we go back to often, and A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is a great fiction book! 🙌🏼

[@faiwong9932]

Reading is lifelong interest

[@jackchen8367]

hey, read z-library, see how long it will take you to finish reading them all 😄

[@az7670]

The video is so good! In it you mentioned how you had to go through a thousand pages of legal papers a day. Do you have any recommendations as to how to read faster?

[@EmandLloyd]

Usually we just try to focus as much as possible, and we track our reading as we go down a page with a pen or our finger (something we're taught when we're young NOT to do - but it actually helps a lot with keeping track of where we're at). Thanks for watching!

[@winstonmccarthy7271]

I associate reading with work now, it's really sad.

[@weifengzhao3018]

I like the girl talking way ,,super Cooool

[@mamaandharry4573]

Library. Go old school

[@chinyeoh9535]

2nd?

[@ctkom9577]

1st?

[@EmandLloyd]

You made it!!

[@BangBang-mm4ow]

Reading is for the geeks

[@ummbongo1634]

Glorified commercial for short-form. All talk no substance.