30-day reading challenge for busy days.
Ten pages a day is about 300 pages in a month, a whole book for many people. Keep four small rules for 30 days, follow a prompt a day, and reading becomes something you just do again.
- 30 days
- four habits a day
- one prompt a day
The rules: four small habits.
Ten pages is the heart of it. The other three make room for it.
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Read 10 pages
Ten pages, or ten minutes if pages feel long. In Cozy you can track it as an amount and see the pages add up.
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Take your book with you
Keep it in your bag for the bus, the queue and the wait at the café. Those minutes add up.
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Phone on charge
Plug your phone in across the room before you pick up your book, so it does not pull you away.
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Note a line you loved
Copy one sentence into a notebook. At the end of the month you have a little book of your own.
Your 30 days, one small step each.
Keep the rules every day, and add the day's prompt on top. Swap any prompt for one you like better.
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Week 1 Get started
- Day 1 Pick a book you actually want to read
- Day 2 Read your 10 pages in bed
- Day 3 Find a cozy reading spot
- Day 4 Read with a warm drink
- Day 5 Read on the bus or in a queue
- Day 6 Read 10 more if you feel like it
- Day 7 Write what you think so far
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Week 2 Make room for it
- Day 8 Swap 15 minutes of scrolling for a book
- Day 9 Listen to an audiobook on a walk
- Day 10 Visit a library or bookshop
- Day 11 Read outside
- Day 12 Start the day with 5 pages
- Day 13 Read a short story in one go
- Day 14 Tell someone about your book
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Week 3 Explore
- Day 15 Try a genre you never pick
- Day 16 Read a poem
- Day 17 Reread a favorite chapter
- Day 18 Read a book a friend loved
- Day 19 Read for 20 minutes, phone in another room
- Day 20 Make a list of books to read next
- Day 21 Read before you check your phone
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Week 4 Keep going
- Day 22 Finish your book, or keep going
- Day 23 Write three lines about it
- Day 24 Pick your next book
- Day 25 Read in a café or a park
- Day 26 Talk books with a friend
- Day 27 Read the last pages slowly
- Day 28 Swap a book with someone
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Days 29 and 30 Look back
- Day 29 Count your pages this month
- Day 30 Choose your reading habit for next month
If you miss a day.
Missing a day is part of any challenge, not the end of it. Pick up with the next day's prompt and carry on. A month of most days is still a month of small habits kept.
In Cozy, a busy day does not have to cost you a streak: skip the habit for the day and its streak holds. Away or unwell for a while? Pause the habit, and its streak waits for you.
More on what to do when you miss a day.
Keep the challenge in Cozy.
Make these four habits in Cozy and tick each one off as you go. The cards fill with color and your streak counts the days.
Three tips for 30 days.
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Read what you want to read
Not the book you think you should read. A page-turner you love beats a classic you dread opening.
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Put the book where your phone goes
On your pillow, by the kettle, in your bag. Reading fits nicely into a night routine.
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Quit books you don't enjoy
Fifty pages in and still bored? Put it down and start another. The habit matters more than any one book.
Rather use paper?
Print the reading tracker and color in a book for each day you read your pages. More small ideas are in these learning habits.
Questions, answered.
How many pages should I read a day?
Ten pages is a common start and fits most days. Pick a number you can keep on your busiest day, and read more when you feel like it.
Do audiobooks and ebooks count?
Yes. Any book you take in counts in this challenge: paper, an ebook or an audiobook on a walk.
How do I find time to read?
Use the small gaps: the bus, a queue, ten minutes before bed with your phone away. Taking your book everywhere does most of the work.
What if I miss a day?
Carry on the next day. In Cozy you can skip a habit for a busy day without losing its streak, or pause it for a while.
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