There are some people in this world that are born readers, they will read anything they can lay their hands on. That happens to be me. I love reading. As a child, I would look forward to the day the “Book Club” brochure would arrive at school. I would carefully go through the catalogue and rate each book as to which ones I would like to order. I had a maximum spend each month so I would want to make sure I got as much reading as I possibly could for my allowance.
At school from an early age, I could regularly be found in the library. I was mortified when the library closed during play break and only opened during lunchtime and before school. It was a relief to go to high school where the library was open extended hours. The local council library was also one of my favorite places to visit.
As a young adult, train, and bus rides to and from work gave me the ability to devour books at a great rate of knots. Once the responsibilities of adulthood, corporate roles and relationships came into fruition, reading quickly took a back step.
A commitment to myself and a new Kindle has reinvigorated my love of reading yet again. What I found is just twenty minutes of reading a day has such a positive impact, many you don’t think of. NO matter whether you are reading education books, romance, drama, a magazine or the paper, there are certainly benefits. Here are just a few:
At school from an early age, I could regularly be found in the library. I was mortified when the library closed during play break and only opened during lunchtime and before school. It was a relief to go to high school where the library was open extended hours. The local council library was also one of my favorite places to visit.
As a young adult, train, and bus rides to and from work gave me the ability to devour books at a great rate of knots. Once the responsibilities of adulthood, corporate roles and relationships came into fruition, reading quickly took a back step.
A commitment to myself and a new Kindle has reinvigorated my love of reading yet again. What I found is just twenty minutes of reading a day has such a positive impact, many you don’t think of. NO matter whether you are reading education books, romance, drama, a magazine or the paper, there are certainly benefits. Here are just a few:
- Transport yourself to another place with a few turns of the page
- Time to unwind from the day
- Time for you
- Educational
- Self-help books can really help and give you a new perspective
- Inject curiosity
- Spelling improves
- Vocabulary improvements
- Positivity improves
- Awareness
- Concentration and focus improve
- Contributions to conversation increases
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