When was the last time you read a book? Or, an article in a magazine? Are you a person whose reading habits center on Facebook updates, tweets or more towards instant food packet? If you fall on the list of people who don’t read at all then you are missing out something which is positive and inspirational.
Reading has a significant number of benefits. The benefits of reading are not limited to 10 but the top benefits we the have mentioned below
1. Reduces Stress:
We all get stressed out at some point in time that can be due to work or personal life problem; it can get away with it if you lose yourself in a great story. Yes, a well-written novel can engage you and it will slip your mind out of your problems of that present moment. Reading an interesting book will relax and release your tension.
2. Enhanced Writing Ability
With an expansion of your vocabulary, reading books also helps in writing. A well-written piece of paper has an effect on one’s own writing by observing the cadence, fluidity, and writing styles of different authors will influence your own work. Writers learn more and more about crafting their prose by reading the work of others.
3. Sharpens Critical and Analytical Skills
Have you ever solved the mystery yourself even before finishing the book? If yes, then you were able to put your critical and analytical thinking to practice by making sure that you use all the details and sorting them out to conclude mystery.
The same thing goes when you analyze details. You see whether it was a well-written story, were the characters properly placed, you discuss the storyline, etc. some people even discuss the book with others which states your opinion about the story and the time you have taken to cover all the aspects involved in the book.
4. Stimulates the Mind:
Studies have stated that if you are constantly stimulating your mind then you reduce the progress of mental diseases and also can prevent them. Reading helps in keeping brain active and engaged prevents it from losing its power by sharpening its logical ability. Reading helps in keeping brain strong and healthy. Along with reading solving a puzzle and playing games, for example, chess has also been found to be helpful for brain exercise. Nobody can ever take your knowledge from you while all other things can be taken like your job, your money, etc. hence gain as much as the knowledge you can.
5. Tranquillity
It is possible that reading a book can give you inner peace and serenity. Reading spiritual texts can lower blood pressure and can bring about an immense sense of calm. To the people who suffer from the certain mood disorder and mild mental illnesses can read a self-help book.
6. Boosts Concentration and Focus
Today in a busy life we all multi-task various work in order to utilize more time and finish more work. Say, in 5 minutes the average person will divide their time between working on a task, checking Emails, chatting with people through a different medium such as Whatsapp, Skype, etc. this type of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) may cause stress levels to rise and it might lower your productivity. Thus when you read a book all your attention is focused on the story and rest of the other activities falls away. You can engage yourself in every fine detail you are engrossing.
Give a try, read for 15-20 minutes before work and you will be surprised to see your productivity at the office.
7. Improves Memory
You eventually remember everything from the book like characters, their background, nuances, and history if you keep on reading at least few pages from the book on a daily basis. That’s a fair bit to remember hence our brains are fabulous things and can recollect these things with relative ease. Reading gives you a unique pause button for comprehension and insight. Thus pause button does not apply to listening or watching. Thus the benefit of this increased activity keeps your memory sharp and learning capacity nimble.
8. Increases your Vocabulary
You can increase your vocabulary by reading more and more books. These words will inescapably make their way into your everyday speaking. Any profession demands well-spoken English and that can be done by reading books. A person with more knowledge of literature, scientific breakthroughs, global events and good vocabularies will get promotions more quickly than the others. Reading books is vital for learning new languages as a non-native speaker can get contact to words used in a context which will enrich their own speaking and writing fluency.
9. Free Fun and Entertainment
Many of us like to purchase books so that we can go through same pages again for future reference but it will cost you. Some people visit the local library and sit there for a number of hours, read their book and they feel fresh. Libraries have books on every subject. They keep on rotating their books and periodically upgrade their stock with latest books available in the market so you will never run out of reading materials.
If in case your area doesn’t have a local library then you can read books available in PDF or ePub format which you can read on your e-reader, iPad or smartphone. You can even download free e-books thus browse something new to read!
10. Gain Knowledge
Anything you read fills your head with a new piece of information and that can be used anytime. The more you read, the more you gain knowledge and it will make you more equipped which will help you to deal with any challenge. Your knowledge will become your weapon because it has an unlimited capacity for storing all you have read in your life.
There is a reading material available for every person around the world. If you want to read classical literature, poetry, fashion magazines, religious texts, young adult books. Street lit, romance novels or biographies there is something out there to capture your imagination and curiosity. Make yourself free from a computer, open your book which interests you and replenishes your soul for a little while.