How Can Reading a Book Change Your Entire Life?
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21-Nov-2024, Updated on 11/22/2024 4:52:47 AM

How Can Reading a Book Change Your Entire Life?

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In the hustle of life, it’s important to take a breather, reading becomes that breather for some people. Reading Fiction may not be transported physically from one world to another, but it is mentally. According to the University of Sussex, reading can reduce stress by up to 68%. Some people like a physical cover while others prefer a soft copy of the same. While a physical book has its smell and is loved by people for it, a soft copy is very mobile and consumes less space.

 It's said that a normal person lives only one life but a reader lives a thousand lives. Some people tend to relate to the characters and stories of the novel, and some dream of having a life which increases empathy in the reader.

Reading different genres breaks people's stereotypical mindset and helps them to expand their horizons. a reader is introduced to new cultures, locations, historical events, and different writing styles even if a reader reads the same book and goes deeper into the reading process, he/she will find a new story forming or when he/she re-reads, he may find things that he missed in the first reading and may find a deeper meaning in the text. Reading children’s books encourages their cognitive thinking as well as creative and imaginative thinking, it also may give life lessons.

There is a saying in Marathi “Vachal tar Vachal” which means if you read you will be safe or saved. Reading books of great personalities can inspire a person to think positively and overcome the challenges in his/her life. It has been proven that regular reading can improve your short-term and long-term memory and decrease the chances of Alzheimer's, it also aids in increasing focus and concentration levels as well as calming your mind. Books like ‘Ikagai’, ‘BhagvatGeeta’, ‘Power’, and ‘The Power of your subconscious mind’ can transform your life completely. These books focus on how people should live their lives and what should be done to achieve their goals in life. It can not only make positive changes in a person’s life but also inspire them to write his own stories or poems.

It is known that a vast vocabulary is always appreciated in a professional environment. Books assist in enhancing one’s vocabulary. Many more features that are required in this aspect can be found in the books. It helps us to re-discover ourselves as we inculcate new knowledge, and new habits and shows us our limitations. Books are the only source of unlimited knowledge, one can dive into a person's physics, a complex part of the multiverse, and one can find many more things and research and write about many more things.

Conclusion 

Books can be divided and further subdivided into many parts, literary to non-literary, fiction to non-fiction, contemporary to classics, dark to light, poetry to drama, and many more. The only thing a person has to do is choose what he wants to read, and once he/she knows what he and she likes the other books are one click away from them. There are many sites available that suggest other similar books to read.

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