Making Reading a Priority

Chapter one from our text made me put some thought into how much time I’ve spent doing something unproductive. I definitely have the “all or nothing” mentality when nit comes to reading in the sense that if I don’t have an hour or two to dedicate to reading, I’m probably not going to do it. Miller makes an excellent point about how this doesn’t need to be the case. Reading can be done in line, on car rides, and during small breaks. When I think about how I’m spending that time now, I know that those are the times I would pull out my phone to scroll social media. It’s easy to forget about reading as an option, which is why it needs to be made a priority.

Making reading a priority, to me, means that I need to consciously decide that I want to read a fun book instead of pulling out my phone until I do it out of habit. I love to read and I think it would be more mentally stimulating than scrolling on my phone. Teaching our students that reading is something that can be done on-the-go as well as for long periods of time will show them that reading doesn’t need to be such a daunting task.

I really enjoyed reading this chapter and doing some self-evaluating. I hope that making these connections from the chapter will help me become a more frequent reader in my everyday life.