Benefits Of Reading

Ever heard the phrase “You should read more! It’s good for you.” but never understood why exactly it’s good for you? Well, here, in this post, you will find the many benefits reading gives us all.

1. Knowledge

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First, let's start with the obvious. Reading expands your knowledge. I'm sure everyone has heard that before. But, guess what? It is true. It does expand your knowledge. How? You might ask. Very simple. Everything you read fills your brain with new information and facts that will come in handy some day. Whether it's in ten years or in ten days. It will be useful. Knowledge will allow you to overcome any challenge you come across with in your life.

2. Free Entertainment

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When you read, you are traveling for free. If you read 'Harry Potter', you are traveling to the Wizarding World. If you read 'To Kill A Mocking Bird', you travel to Southern Alabama. If you read 'The Book Thief', you travel to Molching (a town in Germany). If you read 'The Fault In Our Stars', you travel to Indianapolis. See? With just a couple of books, you can travel the whole world! No need to pay a plane ticket, or a hotel room. You can do this all from your very own room.

3. Expands Your Vocabulary

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Reading will expand your vocabulary immensely. You will learn so many new words by just reading one book. Even one chapter! You will even learn to know what a word means by reading the sentence and figuring it out yourself. It will also help you when you write papers or essays for school, college, or work to get a higher grade.

4. Writing Skills

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Reading will improve your writing skills, text structure, and writing techniques. If you are an aspiring journalist or author, reading is extremely good and necessary for you. You will become a better writer the more you read.

5. Careers

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If you are or want to become a writer or a journalist, you have to read, read, read! You must read lots and lots of books! Contemporary, mystery, comedy, romance, young adult, thriller... Anything! It helps with your writing skills, of course, but it also helps you with your creativity! Reading a lot will give you lots of ideas for a new book or article you want to write, it will give you inspiration.

6. Your Imagination

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No matter how well the author describes something or someone, if you and the person next to you are reading the same book, not everything or anyone will look the same. A tall girl with long hair might have shoulder length hair in your head. But for the person next to you, her hair might be a few inches longer than what you were thinking of. And a small town may seem to you like a town that literally has three houses in it. But for the person next to you, the small town may seem something like San Francisco. Reading allows you to use your imagination.

7. Just Read!

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Seriously! You should just grab a book and read it! I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It's good for you and you will definitely make something out of it. Whether it's improving your writing skills or traveling for free! And just like Sam from iCarly says; It's like TV in your head!