💤 How to Read 5k Books in 2024

Unlock the superhuman in you

if you believe, you can achieve

5,000 books?

In 366 days? As how?

It’s joke o. Leave 5,000 books for Kyle XY. I’m not a superhuman & neither are you.

What we can be, however, is readers.

Pick a number, put a cap on it, it’s up to you. What I’m more concerned about is helping you build a reading habit in 2024 & if you’re here, feel comfortable.

But before we get into it, Happy New Year investorrrrr 🥳 me & you, we made it.

Cheers to a year of (fill in the gap yourself :D)

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Okay so to the meat of the matter: How can you build a healthier reading habit in 2024? How can you read more & enjoy the process without it being a chore?

Here are 8 points I’ve gathered that might help:

1. Read books you love: As obvious as this sounds, it’s very valid & important if you’re trying to build a better reading habit in 2024. It has more to do with reading what you genuinely enjoy rather than reading what someone else considers “interesting” or what has a high rating on TikTok.

Reading shouldn’t be a chore, it should be something you look forward to doing, like watching a movie. Reading something you have no interest in is sad, let’s not lie. Do yourself a favor in 2024 & pick up books that are more your spec. Find joy in your choices.

investor, read more fiction in 2024, I promise you there’s tons to learn there as much as in self-helps

2. Quit books midway: You’re a couple of pages into a book & you can just feel that it’s not entering, the story is not making sense to you or you’re finding it boring. Drop it. Nobody will beat you & it’s only your time that’s wasting.

Forget all that “I like to finish what I start” business if e din dey e din dey.

I’ve tried so many times to read Hannibal Lecter because people who have read it say good things about it but my brain never ever cooperates. I gave up. Good luck to all involved but I can’t relate & I won’t let that bog me down from moving on to other books.

So even if it’s temporarily, drop the book that’s not bringing you joy, find another one & maybe come back later.

3. Read more than 1 book at once: This might not work for everybody but it’s worth giving a shot, especially because of my previous point. Reading can go south fast when you absolutely have to get through a boring one before having the luxury of picking a better one.

For instance, currently, I’m reading 2 books & it’s important to note that I used to be ‘pro-read-1-book-at-a-time’ so this is quite a new territory for me but it’s working well so far. What I’m doing is mixing genres. One of the books is fan fiction, and the other is career-related. When I’m bored out of my mind, I pick the more interesting one, the fan fiction. When I’m in the mood to read for knowledge, I pick the other.

It can be more than 2 books even. The “koko” is not to let one book drag you down before picking another. If you have many books on your reading list, it’ll be easy to pick & choose one based on what mood you’re in.

This can also easily go sideways but I’ll leave that for you to regulate.

4. Go offline, buy a Kindle: You want to read more but it’s tough doing so when being constantly online is distracting. If this is the case, you should consider going offline to read. Turn off your data for just a little time to properly consume the book. You’d love it. Well until you sleep off. But it’s worth a try innit?

Something that’s also helped me (although quite expensive) is getting an e-reader device, a Kindle. Hands down one of the best purchases I’ve ever made because I can do away with my phone or PC & read better. Add it to your birthday wishlist this year, miracle happens & I have a plug if you need one ;)

5. Give audiobooks a chance: I never knew I was a fan of podcasts until I started giving it a chance, multitasking podcasts with housework instead of music. This could be you, with audiobooks.

I’m not even going to lie, I don’t do audiobooks. They’re not my cup of tea, yet. But they might be yours, especially if reading still feels like a chore for you. Explore other formats, till you find your vibe. Maybe later in life I’d pick audiobooks up but for now, I like reading texts.

6. Buy a book: Apart from appreciating the author’s handwork when you do this, you’re also holding yourself accountable to going through with the book because “money must not waste”. So even if it’s 2 books you can afford to buy in 2024, do that & own your thing.

7. Shape your workspace: Spend time making your workspace book-friendly. The people who came up with the quote “how of sight, how of mind” ate because it really do be like that.

Physical workspace: put the books on the table where you can pick them up when MTN/Airtel starts moving mad.

Digital workspace: Arrange your screen so the book apps are more in view than Twitter is.

Accessible, that’s the point.

8. Lastly, forget the numbers: Forget it. Forget it. It’s very unimportant than actually finding pleasure in the books you read. So what if you don’t read 50 books in 2024? Unless there’s a prize at the end, I really don’t see the point.

There’s no need to run, to rush. Chill & enjoy what you’re reading. Pick up lessons, take notes if necessary, summarize them & apply.

Enjoy what you read in 2024. Then maybe add a numeric goal. Don’t mix up the order.

📃 My recommendations

I’m forever a fan of beautiful books & if you’re looking for some to get into, check out:

• A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

• Anxious People - Fredrik Backman

• Tomorrow Died Yesterday - Chimeka Garricks

• Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

• Verity - Colleen Hoover

• The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides

• Any James Hadley Chase book (I still have a lot to get through)

• Crazy Rich Asians (the trilogy) - Kevin Kwan

…to list a few. Feel free to ask if needed. Maybe I have a plug, maybe I have a copy, just ask.

Sometimes all you need is a mental shift. You don’t have to be a “reader” to read so don’t knock yourself down ‘cos you find it hard to get through 2 books when someone else has already done 10.

Have fun with it instead.

Yea, that’s it investor, I’m done. I hope I’ve been able to help somehow. You deserve to enjoy what others are enjoying in books.

Please share this with anybody you think needs to see it. They don’t even have to invest.

Also, I’m always on the lookout for recommendations so be nice to me & share a book that you’ve read & loved.

See you at the end of the month where I gist on how Kimiko got badly attacked (smh).

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amen? amen