How to Read Without Finding Time

(A true story from the middle of a traffic jam)

Let me confess something.
I didn’t block off an hour a day.
I didn’t follow a productivity hack.
I didn’t even plan to do it.

But I finished two books in three months…While waiting at traffic signals.

Not at cafés. Not in bed.
Just in those 2- to 5-minute windows of stillness, engine humming, life paused. Red lights became Reading lights.

How many times have you told yourself:

• “I’ll read when I get a break.”

• “I need to be in the right frame of mind.”

• “I want to focus fully.”

And yet, those perfect conditions rarely come.
Life doesn’t hand us quiet, empty hours tied up in a bow.

But what it does give us (if we’re paying attention), are micro-moments.
And those? They add up.

Don’t wait for time. Catch it.

• Open your book app at the signal (or as in my case, the physical book itself)

• Read/Reread a few paragraphs

• Highlight one insight during a 3-minute wait

It’s deliberate drift away from the reels and the shorts. If you can scroll Instagram while waiting, you can scroll something that expands you.
It’s how knowledge slowly becomes yours, not in hours, but in inches.

Let’s talk about WHY IT WORKS..Reading in microbursts may feel fragmented, but it does 3 magical things:

1. Reinforces ideas through repetition

2. Keeps you mentally engaged throughout the day

3. Turns books into companions, not chores

In a way, the book becomes part of your everyday rhythm.
Like a quiet friend whispering wisdom between green lights.

Start with 3 pages.
Start at a signal.
Start without perfection.

But just start…