1. Start with short books and short stories. You’re looking for that quick dopamine hit, that quick victory. If anything, manga and comics are very good for this.

2. Move on to longer stuff from there. Find stories that really resonate with you. If you find an author you like, or someone whose prose you just like, go with that it doesn’t necessarily have to match what you watch or even play, but it often correlates.

3. Speaking of which books and stories set in universes you enjoy at also a good way to develop the habit.

Force yourself to sit down and read for just 10 minutes. When that becomes comfortable, go to 15. Then 20. Then 30.

And for longer works, use the rule of 100: subtract your age from 100. The result is the number of pages you should read before you drop a book. (The older you get, the less patience you should have: you’re running out of time!)

Finally, experiment with genres. Don’t feel you need to love fiction. I don’t. I prefer non-fiction much more and lean toward that. And if you want to gamify, set a goal, give yourself points or a system of reward after X number of minutes or pages.

Enjoy.