It depends a bit on my mood but if I want to listen to music while reading, I put on something like this. This mix got me through a whole year of law school reading.
If you used to be into basketball but haven't done it in ages, buy a good ball (composite) so you can shoot some hoops whenever, like in the morning sun to wake up
If you are interested in programming in any way, I think this is a very nice piece for you. It explains very well what can happen in your brain when you grapple with the most important concepts in programming.
One of the lesser known but also one of the nicest imho. "Shape-shifting raccoons band together to save their forest homeland from the bulldozers of greedy land developers"
