The whole purpose of the Quraan is to guide you and to change you by bringing you into submission to Allah. As you read it, also try to live by what it invites you to. If it does not have any impact upon your actions and if you do not observe what it enjoins and avoid what it prohibits, then you are not getting anywhere nearer the Quraan. In fact, one who reads the Quraan and does not try to act upon it may be more likely to be cursed and punished by Allah. The Prophet (Sal Allaho Alehe Wassallam) said: "Many of hypocrites in my Ummah will be from among the recital's" (Ahmad); and "He is not a believer in the Quraan who makes halaal (permissible) what it has made haraam is (prohibited)"
(Tirmidhi). It is narrated that, companions like 'Usman and Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, once they learnt ten verses from the Prophet (Sal Allaho Alehe Wassallam), did not move further unless they had "learnt" it fully -- both in understanding and in action; that is how they sometimes spent years in learning only one surah.
If you sincerely and determinedly start changing your life according to the Quraan, Allah will certainly help you and make the path easy for you.