One of the best habits I adopted in 2025 was keeping a physical record of my reading. I mean not just the titles and authors, but historical contexts, quotes and my thoughts and feelings about what I read.

This was something I was taught to do in my first year of university studying English Lit. For some reason I never did it again after it wasn’t mandatory! Classic undergraduate student lol. I passed all my exams and coursework well enough, but I do think my own understanding and study habits would have been enriched by keeping it up. So after picking it up again this year I want it to be something I do for the rest of my life.