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A couple of years ago, I accidentally fell into a very particular reading groove one summer. It all started when my car had to be in the shop one weekend, and I thought the weather was nice enough to walk to the library. I decided to spend the majority of the day at the library and read a few graphic novels that I came across. This little walk-and-read became a thing I did every weekend when I didn’t have other plans.
The whole process was one of delightful discovery. The walking to the library meant I was talking in scenery that I usually missed while driving, which made me feel more connected to my neighborhood, and making it a point to read what my nearest library branch had meant I was sorting through a selection of frontlist and backlist titles, plenty of which I’d never heard of.
Then there was the quiet of the library. Apart from the occasional (and endearing) hoots and hollers from the children’s section, and someone needing help on the computer here and there, the library was full of people but wonderfully quiet. I noticed after each day-long library session how relaxed I felt. The whole thing was a way to shake myself out of my usual schedule with something that was calming, meditative, and mostly free.
Though I don’t do the weekend library sessions with the same regularity as before, there are other ways I’ve found to revamp my reading life. Which brings me to what I mean by “romanticizing my reading life.” The past few months, I’ve seen videos here and there across social media platforms that show how people have “romanticized” certain aspects of their lives. A little of everything has been enhanced, from studying to writing to just life in general. Regardless of what is being romanticized, the process has the same underlying goal: to better appreciate some seemingly mundane thing. As I’ve mentioned before, applying this process to my reading life has been meditative. Through it, I’ve been able to practice my own version of mindfulness, become more intentional, and more appreciative of my life in general.
If you’d like to revamp your reading life in this way, I have a few tips.
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