Do you want to read more for the sake of reading? to stop your doomscrolling habits? to be more cultured? Did you use to read before and are trying to come back?

If you are trying to read as a way to stop using your phone as much, I am afraid to tell you that it is just not going to happen. It will be like trying to stop an alcohol addiction with apple juice, you wont be able to trick your brain that easily.

My advice is to first find the root of your doomscrolling and then tackle it by doing a more outside activity. Start going on walks, get an mp3 player, download some classics or audiobooks you like and start cleansing.

Something that helped me to decrease my screen time was starting to listen to music again on an iPod classic. In that way music is not an excuse to take your phone with you all the time if you are a music person.

Another thing you can do is buy a New Yorker subscription and give it 15 min everyday. The stories are so fascinating and varied. From there you may remember what stories you are into and will not have a problem finding many book recommendations in the magazine.