I used to be a reader in my 20s. Never been the sort of person that reads several books a week all the time but I had got into a nice habit of reading about a book every week fairly regularly. Over the years, my habits have changed a lot. Work, relationships, social media, kids etc have totally changed my day to day life habits and now that I am in my early 40s, I barely ever read. It makes me quite sad. I still love books and continue to buy them with the intention of reading them. I usually start a few pages if for example I am on a plane but then always leave them and never finish them as life gets in the way. I am tired at night, my eyes hurt after a day looking at a screen and yet I seem to "prefer" scrolling social media before bed instead. I feel trapped in habits I am struggling to change and I don't like it.
Does anyone have any tips to help with this? Has it happened to you?
I had managed to break this cycle for a few months a couple of years ago - got a book I really liked and bought a few more from the same author and was getting into reading as a daily habit again. Not sure what happened but it didn't last :(