Is Reading Good For You If So How And Why

Have we ever thought about why we read or why we like to read if we like too? Why don’t we all just take a minute to think about this, why is reading good for you, and what makes it that way if anything? Is it because it broadens your horizons depending on the books that you read? Is it because of the way the books make you feel or the type of books that you are reading? Although any reading is good no matter the book at least that is the way that I look at it. Why is reading good for you though? It gives your mind a break, for the most part at least it does when you are reading for pleasure. Now I am not saying that reading things to improve your mind aren’t good for you, they are 100 percent but you shouldn’t just read for that, and you shouldn’t just read for pleasure either. Why should you mix up the way you read and what you read in terms of pleasure and personal development reading?

Now I know most people usually mix up their reading between personal development and pleasure, just to give themselves variety. At least that is what is supposed to happen or what we think is supposed to happen that is. Reading is a great pastime as we all know, it can give our minds a break from the hustle and bustle of life, and work which we all need sometimes. With the world moving faster and faster as the years go on, I feel as though we need to get into doing hobbies a lot more, what about you? Now I know a lot of people might think that with the world moving faster they should be reading more personal development books, and I couldn’t agree more, but we should also be reading things for pleasure too. I am not much of a personal development reader myself, and I know that I should be, but my question to my readers is what makes reading good for you?

Have we ever thought about what makes reading good for us? Or do we just do it because we know that we should be doing it to broaden our minds? I do it because I enjoy it. I don’t know if I said this already but I was told at the age of six by a substitute teacher that I couldn’t read, what six year old can? Not many, at least not many when I was going to school. So my cousin was in my class and she took me into the corner and read the book with me that I was trying to read with the substitute teacher, she did this so that my sister who was also in my class wouldn’t get mad at the teacher, for telling me I couldn’t do it and ever since then I read all the time. Reading teaches us how to speak better and write better, which everyone needs in life no matter what their profession is. That is the way I look at it anyway. What about you? Why do you think that reading is so good for us?

So yes reading is good for you as a hobby because it teaches you things and helps you relax all at the same time. When we do two things at once how does that make us feel? We feel good because we are getting so much more done in a day, even if you are just relaxing. We need to relax in our daily life because doing so will make us feel so much better. We will clear our minds and give our bodies the rest that it craves because when we read, for the most part we are sitting down somewhere comfortable and not constantly moving. Reading is a way to relax and just be one with our imaginations, why i say imaginations is because as we read we cans see the story play out in our minds at least I can what about you?

The reason why reading is good for us as a hobby is because, it is something that we all need. Now I know that we all might not enjoy it and that is okay, but for the people that do enjoy it we take it with us wherever we go and run with it. This means we always have a book if we just need a little bit of downtime. No matter what that book is, it helps us regroup, refocus and relax. We all need to do this once in a while in our lives because we can’t always be working. That is why doing any kind of hobby is actually really good for us at least once a week no matter what that hobby is.If that hobby is reading for you then so be it and run with it, but if its something else then that is okay too, because everyone is different and that means our hobbies and the way we live our lives aren’t all the same.

Reading is a great hobby for people if you enjoy it because it helps you live a better life. Reading helps people live better lives, in the form of how they think and wind down for their own relaxation. If we all did the same thing to relax what would happen? We wouldn’t have variety in our lives, so that is why doing different things from other people is great. I have always enjoyed reading, and I even sometimes read in front of the television, I do this when I am not interested in the television show but want to be with the family. I do also enjoy reading or listening to audiobooks on car trips so that the vehicle isn’t silent. This is why I think that reading is a great hobby and that everyone who enjoys it should keep going with it no matter what it is you enjoy reading about or the type of books you enjoy.

If you enjoy more personal development books over any other then why not read those, if you enjoy other books like romance, or fancy over personal development then do that. If you don’t enjoy a book then stop reading it and go onto something else, easier said than done sometimes. The reason why I say this though is, if it doesn’t keep your interest from the first couple pages or chapters it will take forever to read and then you will dread it. Reading as a hobby shouldn’t be something that you dread. It should be something that you enjoy so read for enjoyment as much as you can, you will be glad that you did.

So yes reading is good for you as a hobby and or work if you enjoy it, or if it gets the job done. The more you read though the more you will grow to enjoy it, don’t you think? Isn’t the saying the more you do something the more you enjoy it and the more you get out of it or something along those lines. That is the way I look at it anyway. What about you? Are you reading and if so what do you enjoy reading and how much do you read? I read all the time or at least it feels that way and love it because of where the stories that I read take me, even if it's a story that I don’t particularly enjoy because it's either too slow or the plot just isn’t there. I did read a book recently that I didn’t enjoy it was called, Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton, it was okay just really drawn out and I feel it could have been summed up in 20 chapters versus the amount that the book had in it although everyone enjoys different books and authors so if you want to give the book a try go for it and let me know how you like it don’t just take my word for it. I am now reading Have Me by J kenner, it is great and it is really keeping my interest.

So if you don’t enjoy the books that you are reading, change them up for yourself, don’t force yourself to read it. I did with the local gone missing book because I thought it was going to get better and I shouldn’t have because I was bored and tired with it, really early on. When I am bored and tired with something really early on it is hard to keep my interest, and if its hard to keep my interest it will take forever for me to finish it. I am sure this is the case for everyone when they are reading books or doing any type of hobby. So do things that you enjoy when it comes to hobbies and reading whatever that reading might be, because when you do the things that you enjoy you get more out of it then you would if you didn’t enjoy doing it. Hobbies no matter what they are, are meant to be enjoyable reading included so do a hobby that you enjoy and you will get so much more out of it and out your life as well.

Reading is great for anyone who enjoys it because it broadens their vocabulary, and gives them a lot more variety. So reading is good for you in the sense that it gives you a break, some variety and it always teaches you something no matter the book that you are reading you will always learn something from it, out of all the books that I read I always learn something and that is what I love most. When I learn things from the books that I enjoy reading it makes me want to read them over and over and I don’t normally do that. When I read something twice or three times it's because I really love the author and the story-line of the book.

Reading is good for anyone as a hobby because it is always changing and it is always so much fun. It is always changing because everyone is different which means their reading styles and what they like to read is different, and with that, there are so many different reading varieties out there. No matter where you are, whether that be going to the library, or social media or being in a bookstore or even online researching authors. I research authors when I see my friends on social media posts about them and I look them up more. I even just type a certain genre of book into google and find authors that way. Which is great too. Do you think reading is good for you as a hobby? If so, how and why do you think this?