I agree that 100 may be too much. I’ve done it for several years, and when your free time is short, you don’t have much time to do anything else (create). I like to read classic fiction, though, because I want to see what it’s all about, why so many people have read those books and if they have anything to say to me. I find most don’t, but some do, and the less I have technology in my life, the more I can relate to people from the past.

I read more everyday by replacing time I would spend on my phone with reading a book. It was easy for me because I have a lot of books I own that I haven’t yet read, and my goal this year is to read all of them (300 books). Am I going to closely read every book I own? No, because when I bought them I was in a different state of mind and had a different purpose, but I would rather catch up on and find closure in what I decided to buy to read than watch TV or browse social media. So far, I have been diving into books I would normally wait years to read and I have noticed that it is getting easier to pick up my book over my phone. I am also able to focus on the text for longer periods of time before I start having intrusive thoughts that sidetrack me (so rereading paragraphs is down).

Within a few years I will be able to read every classic that has ever been suggested. Since I’ve always wanted to do this, and I enjoy reading classics, this will open me up to everything else, which, for me, tend to be books you won’t find at Barnes & Noble.