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I was trying to think of a way to say "I'm trying hard to read a news article
every day" (in the sense that I'm trying to find the time to sit down and pay
attention long enough to read, not necessarily that the material is very
difficult).

What I came up with off the top of my head was an awkward-sounding
construction of `毎日、ニュース記事ひとつを読んで頑張っている`, but that sounds both a little
strange to me, and also like it's difficult for me to read the material. (Of
course, I'm not a native speaker so I can't say 100%...maybe it just sounds
wrong, full stop.) I'm not proficient at reasoning out how grammar works (or
should work) in my head, but as far as I can tell, in the phrase `勉強頑張る` 「勉強」
is a noun, so I was wondering if it wasn't something like `読むの頑張る`, but that
sounds odd and received no Google hits.

I feel like `頑張る` should be used, because it's such a great word, but I could
be wrong.

My searches have turned up vague results and cultural essays.

**Please note!** I am much less interested in translating the phrase I
mentioned above and much more interested in learning how to say things like:

> "I'm working hard at doing X every day."

or

> "I'm really trying to do X regularly."
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What is the formula to say "I'm trying to do X regularly"?
~ようにしている might fit the bill. For instance,

> 肉を食べないようにしている。
>
> I'm trying not to eat any meat.
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心掛ける is a good one to learn.

```

    毎日Xをするように心掛けている。
    I'm working hard at doing X everyday.
    
```

Also, 努める or 努力する

```

    毎日Xをするように努める(努力する)
    
```

If you overly use 頑張る, it sounds strange, especially when you use it for
things like "reading a newspaper". You should use it for something more
"important" like studying for a test or trying to get a job or something.
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> 毎日、ニュース記事をひとつ読んで頑張っている I'm making an effort to [read a news article every
> day]

sounds fine to me, as long as you move the を to after 記事 (ひとつ should be used
adverbially).

To me, this formulation doesn't sound like the material is difficult to you.
More like keeping up the habit is difficult.

If, on the other hand, you say

> 毎日、ニュース記事をひとつ頑張って読んでいる I'm [making an effort to read a news article] every
> day

it's more likely to sound like the material is difficult to you.
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I would use なるべく.

> 毎日なるべく一つの記事を読むようにしている。

I'm trying to eat lots of vegetables.

> (なるべく)野菜をたくさん食べるようにしている。

Also 'I'm making it a rule to...'

> 毎日一つの記事を読むことにしている。
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