I don't know about you, but lately, reading puts me to sleep. Gone are the days when I could stay up until the wee hours of the morning marathoning books without my eyelids falling shut. I don't understand why this is. It's not that I've lost my fervor for reading or that I've found the latest books I've read uninteresting. I could exist reading the most gripping novel in existence and still migrate off inexplicably.

It seems that the very human action of sitting and facing downward to wait at a page has become a signal to my body to shut down. In gild to fight this, I've come up up with a few strategies to stay awake while reading. If you lot are also the type of reader who runs into this trouble, please try these out for yourself (but be warned: I've discovered downsides of each, then choose carefully)!

Start Reading When You Wake Up

You've only gotten up from a full night's sleep (hopefully). What better fourth dimension could there be to read without any fear of fatigue?
The downside: This is probably more than of a weekend or vacation matter. If you need get prepare and go to work or schoolhouse, settling in with a book instead is the concluding thing y'all should do.

Audiobooks
On the ane paw, audiobooks are a great way to get through your reading list while driving, doing things effectually the house, etc. And if you're doing other activities while listening to an audiobook, the chances of falling comatose certainly dissipate!
The downside: On the other paw, if you lot're non doing something else while listening, your chances of falling asleep to an audiobook are just as high, if not higher, as your chances of falling asleep reading with your eyes.

Consume or Drink Something

Back in college, this was the strategy I used when my classmates and I pulled all-nighters in the library working on various lab reports and papers. Caffeine has never really been my friend, then without coffee or energy drinks as an option, I simply used food and Gatorade to keep my body busy and awake. Obviously, we don't have to be as farthermost just to go through a book, simply I do find it helps me not nod off if I have something to slowly munch or sip.
The downside: I don't take tips on how to avoid getting crap on your volume or ereader, so if you're accident-prone this is a bad idea.

Make a Game Out of It
Sometimes I will have the TV or music playing on a depression volume in the background equally I read, and play a game with myself trying to run into how much I can read during ane commercial break or song. Seriously. Information technology'due south weirdly fun and breaking upward reading into these short
The downside: If y'all're the type that tin can't focus with multiple things going on, this is very much non for you. Even if you ARE a multitasker, I tin can't recommend this if y'all demand to be reading critically and advisedly.

Walk Around While Reading

This is the method I have been using virtually as of late to continue from falling asleep while I read. Continuing upward and strolling around the house has been 100% constructive for me. Since you're upright and moving around, you're in pretty much no danger of becoming too relaxed and falling asleep.
The downside: When I was virtually 3, I was reading/looking at a book (some giant matter about half the size of my unabridged toddler torso) while hopping down the stairs. Needless to say, I was non looking at where I was placing my feet, so I fabricated a misstep and proceeded to tumble down the remaining iv or five steps and land in a heap at the lesser. Luckily, the place was carpeted and so I got away with null more than some minor rugburns. Unluckily, I now get legit panic attacks if I endeavour to descend unfamiliar or unusually long flights of stairs as well rapidly. And so, endeavour not to involve stairs and proceed at your own caution.