I have some bad habits that I think come from reading so much fiction as a child as a way to pass the time, just plowing through...and I am trying to refocus to

I have some bad habits that I think come from reading so much fiction as a child as a way to pass the time, just plowing through...and I am trying to refocus toward making my goals primary and treating books, etc., as reference material that I dip into somewhat more random-access.