A Free Email Series
Get back into reading, one small nudge at a time.
Seven emails. No guilt trips, no 50-books-a-year challenge — just what actually works to make reading a habit again.
The problem, plainly
You used to read. You still want to. Somewhere in the last few years, the habit slipped, and every attempt to get it back has looked the same: buy a book with real intention, get a few chapters in, lose the thread to something on a screen instead.
That's not a willpower problem. It's a design problem — yours to notice, not to white-knuckle your way through. This series walks through why the slip happens and what actually closes the gap, without pretending the fix is "just read more."
What’s Inside
Seven emails, each one short enough to read on a lunch break:
The Exposition — why deliberate reading got harder than it used to be, and why that's not on you
Conflict — the real gap between wanting to read more and actually doing it
Rising Action — how to find books that pull you in instead of feeling like homework
Climax — one small, specific challenge to get you moving
Falling Action — making the habit feel like yours, not a task to check off
Resolution — keeping it going once the novelty wears off
No overhaul required. No app, no tracker, no reading log to feel bad about.
Who's writing this
I'm Blake — I write Non-Slop Fun, a newsletter about books, art, and paying closer attention to things. I spent the better part of a year rebuilding my own reading habit after years of buying more books than I read. This series is what actually worked, minus everything that didn't.