How much/when do you read?

Pretty avid reader, starting FT IB next month. Alongside IB and the few outside activities I want to keep up with, it looks like I'll struggle to find time to read - goal is to listen to audiobooks while cranking work out at night etc to get it in where I can. For those of you in FT work, especially those who work long hours, how much/when do you read?

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I read maybe 30-60min every other night during the week. Both Saturday & Sunday for 60min on average (but sometimes it can be 4-5hours a day; and sometimes 0).

I was never much of a reader, but recently started because i found myself quite bored now that I am not at a bank and I'm done with the CFA.

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If you're an avid reader then you shouldn't have a problem reading 100 pages in an hour or so. I remember that there was this article with a girl who was studying at some ivy league and was basically clocking 800 pages per day.

Personally it depends on how interesting and lengthy the book is, but I try to have 100 pages read per day.

 

I don't work IB hours (12 hrs/day usually, never more than 14-15), but the best way I think is to get in bed with a book an hour before you'd like to fall asleep if you really want to read a book. last night, I watched the heels game with a few research reports in hand and that was all the reading I did. not sure if banks allow lunch "breaks" or if you're supposed to read at your desk but when I had structured lunch breaks I'd read through the entire thing. pack a lunch and read for 30-60 minutes a day. got through several books that way and you're not too terribly tired so you retain most of it.

 

I usually read 60 minutes daily, both digital (Google Play Books) and printed.

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