I love to read. For several years now, I've read mostly on a screen instead of in a physical book. I have a couple of Kindle readers and I use the Kindle app on my phone and my iPad I also look at books on the computer on both my Windows and Mac computers.
I've enjoyed by my ebooks from Amazon for the Kindle format. But, one of the things that I found was it's so easy to buy a Kindle e-book that I was buying too many of them and then not reading all of the books that I bought.
For a couple of years I tried to slow down and then I would spend six months reading all the books that I bought and then I would buy a bunch more and spend six months buying the books that I bought.
I finally came up with a method that's helped me a lot. When I get in the mood to buy a book, I'll go and look for one. I'll even go and try to find authors that I've read and enjoy. and I'll find their ebook and I'll be ready to buy it.
And instead of buying it, I add it to my books to consider list on Amazon. I've disciplined myself so that I go on one day a week, sometimes every two weeks or so, and review the books to consider list and decide whether I want to buy that book or not.
The list has grown over the last couple of years and I don't want to buy all of those books all at one time, but they do interest me. When I get low on things to read, I'll go and buy. Two or three books and then have them ready and waiting for me when I get finished with what I'm currently reading.
One of the benefits that I've found is not only slowing things down so that I'm not spending money I don't need to spend, but Amazon will notify me when a book on my list goes on sale for a lower price.
I've gotten several books by major authors that were cut for some reason from the full price to one third or one half of the full price. And then when I'm ready to read it, it's waiting for me and I enjoy it.
I love modern technology, especially when it helps me manage myself and save money at the same time.
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