Why You Must Read Regularly

WRITTEN BY N-BOY

When was the last time you curled on the couch with an honest book? Many people only find the time to read while travelling, yet the common person watches television for over two hours every day. Why is it that we don’t savours enough good books?

Here we speak four reasons why you must read more rather than than watching TV.

1. Reading Reduces Stress

A 2009 study at the University of Sussex found that reading for less than 6 minutes can reduce stress levels by up to 68%

As reading is a vital a part of many roles and degrees, it's easy to forget the thrill of reading an honest book for fun.

Yet starting a book which has no direct ties to our daily routines can facilitate your forget your own worries, by absorbing yourself within the worries and story of the plot; stimulating physical benefits including a reduced vital sign and fewer muscular tension.

2. Reading Improves your Memory

When reading a book, you wish to recollect the characters, their stories, ambitions, history and idiosyncrasies, likewise as various sub-plots incorporated within the twist of the story.

That’s lots to stay in your head, but brains are amazing organs; capable of storing huge volumes of knowledge.

anytime you create a replacement memory, new synapses are formed, or old ones are strengthened; improving your STM and stabilizing your mood. Not bad.

3. Reading Expands your Vocabulary

The more books you read, the more words you may know.

If English (or the other language) isn't your language, reading a book – in this language – will facilitate your learn new words, by using the context of what you’re reading to create inferences when stumbling across a word or two you don’t know.

Indeed, a study found that the vocabulary knowledge of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade children significantly improved with the larger number of novels consumed

Not only did the children’s vocabulary improve, but also their public knowledge, spelling, and verbal fluency.

Reading only helps children learn new words? go over.

Articulate people perform better within the workplace, because they'll speak to their superiors confidently.

As an articulate person, you’re more likely to be considered for a promotion, because those with an outsized vocabulary and volumes of cognition stored in their brains can hold conversations with people from all walks of life, sharing the newest facts and figures in literature, scientific breakthroughs, and global events.

4. Reading Improves your Focus and Concentration

One of the key contributors to having a poor memory may be a lack of concentration when learning information within the first place.

during a typical five-minutes, someone divides their time between work tasks, checking emails, talking online (gchat, skype, etc.), monitoring the phone and talking with colleagues.

Or a student are half taking note of an internet lecture while looking through notes, checking for WhatsApps and reprehension their neighbour.

Sound familiar? Gone are the times where study or work were without distraction; today we’re simply bombarded.

This type of overstimulation increases stress, and lowers our productivity.

Indeed, research by psychologist Dr Glenn Wilson found workers who were distracted by phone calls and emails experienced a tenth drop by their IQ

When you read a completely unique, all of your attention is targeting the story – the remainder of the story falters into the background and you'll immerse yourself within the plot.

Try reading for 15-20 minutes during your early morning commute, and you’ll surprised what quantity better your span gets while studying, at the workplace or spending time on tasks.

And why you shouldn’t watch TV

`Binge watch’ refers to the habit of watching an oversized number of television programs in one sitting.

look team at the University of Toledo recently found that the 77% of participants who watched quite two hours of TV each night felt significantly more depressed, stressed and reported higher levels of tension than those that watched less.

The findings left researchers questioning: does depression and anxiety bring people to observe more TV, or is it the opposite way around? Does binge watching create an unhealthy feeling of solitude? Either way, researcher Professor Karmarkar suggests that we spend more of our time doing enjoyable activities – like reading – which are beneficial for our mental state, intelligence, concentration, and memories. Your brain will thanks for the hassle you set in.