Read A Book Every Day

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Oct 23, 2019
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Read A Book

Every book has wisdom within in that you might not have known beforehand. If you read a biography, you learn more about someone’s life and some of the lessons that they learned throughout it. If you read a fiction book, you learn the lesson that the author is trying to convey. If you were to read a non-fiction book, you will perhaps learn about history or more about a specific subject. Or, you could read my favorite type of book… a self help book. These books teach you how to better your mental and physical health or your relationship with your creator and the people around you. Almost every book in the world has a lesson to teach you. The more you read, the more wisdom that you earn. One book that I would recommend is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. Every day that you choose to read a book, you open yourself up to new realms of learning. You keep your brain activity flowing. It can be as simple as reading a chapter every time you sit down to use the bathroom.

So How Does Reading a Book Help Me?

When was the last time you finished a book? If you are like me, you used to read a book every two weeks. It was always a great feeling to finish one and move on to the next one. It was a movie that you were the director of. You felt the feelings and experienced the moments. As you got older and entered harder classes, you started to read a little less. Maybe you think it’s okay because you are still reading Facebook posts and Instagram captions and tweets. Well… you’re wrong. You are missing out on all of the benefits that reading blesses us with!

It Stimulates our mind. Studies have shown that those who have a stimulated mind are less likely to slow the progress of Alzheimer and Dementia. The more active your brain is, the less likely it is to lose it’s power and capabilities, When we want to maintain a healthy body, we have to continuously exercise it. The same goes for our brain. The more we work our brain, the healthier it is. Not only is reading a good way to keep it active, but doing puzzles and other work helps it as well.

Reading a good, interesting story is a good way to relieve stress. Your mind wanders into the world and it enters itself into the characters. Hopefully we even take some of their positive characteristics for ourselves. You may be having a bad day at home or work, but your world inside of the pages will always be there for you.

Reading gives you knew knowledge that can help you view the world with a new perspective. I once read a book called The Mysterious Benedict Society. The book was about a group of special kids who are chosen to be spies and help save the world. From this one fiction book series, I learned something that I thought I’d never have to use again but actually ended up using an unnecessary amount: Morse code. I learned the entire alphabet. I had to in order to read some parts of the book. It has stuck with me ever since. Another good thing to think is that you may lose a lot of things… but your knowledge is strictly yours. What you have learned through reading and memories is all yours.

You also learn new vocabulary. I read a lot when I was younger, so it’s very hard to come across a word that I don’t know and/or can’t spell. If not for reading, I might have to google every word in this blog. Being well spoken can even help you get a job because you will sound more professional. You can a;so try and read a book in a language that you are trying to learn in order to better your proficiency skills in it. You might learn some new words in said language that you wouldn’t have known prior.

When you read a book, you also better your memorization skills. It’s safe to assume that you won’t be reading a book in a single day. So you will have to remember the characters and their backstories while also living your own day to day life. Every time you make a new memory, you for a new brain pathway which helps strengthen your short term memory! The first step to gaining that strength is remembering to read though.

Any Book Recommendations?

As I mentioned before, one of my favorite books in the world is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. This book helped me in my transition from middle school to high school. It was my first step in my journey to self improvement. It taught me how to be kind to myself and others. It even had a short passage on safe sex (something that’s hard to have a conversation about). Another book that I mentioned in this blog post is The Mysterious Benedict Society. This is definitely a lighter read seeing as it’s for children. You can still learn a great deal from it and it’s part of a larger series. If you want to read a series that is meant for an older audience, I recommend Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. This series is based on children with powers who are looked at as monsters in their society. We can never go wrong with one of everyone’s favorite book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events. This is a good example of learning new vocabulary with Klaus and possibly even bettering your inventing skills with Violet. If you want to learn more about OCD, I recommend the book Every Last Word. It’s story follows that of a girl with OCD obsessed with the number 3 who meets a new friend that changes her outlook on life. It has an amazing plot twist! To All The Boys I Loved Before is a wonderful love series with lots of drama if you are into those kinds of books. One very hard read is a book called This is Where it Ends. It follows a school shooting from different students and teachers perspectives… as well as the shooter. It definitely changed my life. If you do choose to read any of these, shoot me an email afterwards and let me know how it was! Or perhaps you don’t have the money to read one? Email me and I’ll send you my copy or buy one for you. Knowledge deserves to be shared.