Finding My Way Back to the Pages

The title is apt for both my reading and getting back to writing and doing what I used to love once.

Between giving birth to a child who's in her sassy 4 era and moving cities. Both of which has been its own rewarding experience, I did lose in touch with some of my favorite things to do.

So here I am 'Finding my way back to the page's quite literally.

I have never proclaimed myself to be a voracious reader, more like casual one with right intentions to read more but always got distracted :). Last year I did try to beat it and i would say was partially successful.

What worked for me , what I discovered in the process and some fun / useful apps..

Pick your genre and stay there, Instead of chasing what everyone else was reading, I went back to what I know I love. For me, it is;

• Cozy Japanese slice-of-life

• Fast-paced thrillers

When you’re trying to get out of a reading slump, I did not want to experiment wildy. This is the time I choose my comfort zone and stay there.

When reading feels easy, momentum returns

Change How You Read (Game Changer),This one completely shifted things for me.

Thanks to my husband, I discovered the Libby app and honestly, it changed everything.

You can:

• Borrow books from your local library

• Read digitally

• Or listen to audiobooks

• Completely free

No pressure to “get your money’s worth.” No guilt if you don’t finish. ;)

Sometimes the problem isn’t what you’re reading — it’s how you’re accessing it.

Make Reading Feel Social (But in a Fun Way), I also found that discovering new book apps made reading feel exciting again. Apps like: Fable, Well Read.

They made tracking books feel playful instead of competitive. It felt less like a productivity dashboard and more like a book club in my pocket.

A little novelty goes a long way.

Drop the Reading Goals, And finally — this might be the most important one.

I stopped being intimidated by Goodreads goals.

No more:

• “You’re 3 books behind schedule.”

• Comparing yearly numbers.

• Turning reading into a KPI.

The moment I stopped treating reading like a performance metric, it became joyful again.

I like to close it off by saying, All you need is:

You might just need:

• A familiar genre

• A simpler format

• A playful tool

• And less pressure

  
  

Reading joy doesn’t disappear. It just waits for space 🤍

Now here is to hoping to imbibe the same vigor from 2025 into this New Year! Happy 2026!