Build a Reading Habit That Survives a Busy Life

You bought four books in January and read seventeen pages. The problem is not motivation; it is that reading is competing with everything else and does not have a dedicated slot. This designs a habit built around what you already do, with a specific fix for whatever is stopping you, a protocol for missed days, and one change to your environment that means the book is already in your hand.

I want to read more but I keep not doing it. Help me build a reading habit that actually holds. I currently read [amount: e.g. a few pages every now and then / nothing for weeks at a time]. My goal is [target: e.g. one book a month / thirty minutes a day]. The main obstacle is [describe: no time / falling asleep / getting distracted / not finishing books].

Design a habit that:
1. Starts smaller than I think I need to
2. Is attached to something I already do every day
3. Has a strategy for the specific obstacle I named
4. Tells me what to do when I miss a day, not just to try harder
5. Includes one environmental change that makes reading the default rather than the effort

Skip the inspiration. Give me the mechanics.