Article 10: The Importance of Reading in Life

In my opinion, Reading is one of an inevitable as well as a most important thing in human life. There are a lot of benefits that we can achieve through continuous reading. Reading will make a person to become a wise man, because it will open new windows of knowledge. Reading will enlighten the minds. Reading is good for everyone, there is no specific age limit for reading. Anybody can read anything at any time.

But my Question is where is the Time to read? We are living in a modern era which is completed fulfilled by most modern technologies. This is an era of Smartphones, AI, New Technologies, and Busy Life. It’s hard to find time for reading. I suppose per day 10 pages should be enough, Journals, articles, magazines whatever it is. Like I mentioned, you can read anything as your wish.

I’d like to mention few reasons why reading is inevitable and Important.

1.???????? Reading Improves the Power of imagination.

When you are reading something, you are going through the perspective of the author of that book. So, you will imagine many things such as if I was this character what will I do? You must imagine that, otherwise what is the purpose of reading? Whenever we are reading, we must take the core content from it. Then we will imagine many things through different perspectives when a situation comes in our life. Later we can utilize it somewhere.

2.???????? Reading makes you Wise and Polite.

When the knowledge increases, you will become more polite to the other individuals. Because you will start to find yourselves. Your wisdom will start to speak. Eventually you’ll become an ego free man because you will ask a question to yourself. What is it – What is the meaning of my life? What did I gain throughout my life? You better ask this question now. So, you can find yourself as soon as possible.

3.???????? Reading Develop Vocabulary.

Like Virginia Woolf said, “Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a River”. If you are continuously reading, you will become much more familiar with many words probably that you haven’t heard before. So, later when you are reading or listening you will not face a problem to understand the meaning of those words as well as you can use those words when you are speaking.

4.???????? Reading Improves Memory Power.

Every time when you read a book, you are going through the incidents or events in the book. Especially the characters, occasions, events everything will go through your memory. Eventually your brain will start to be remembering about those. Slowly your memory power becomes better than before.

5.???????? Personal Growth.

Through reading a person can achieve personal growth. Whether it’s through self-help books, biographies, Business/Financial related contents, etc which offers good information about personal growth. It will teach you how to overcome challenges, developing discipline, planning good strategies, rebuilding a good life etc.

6.???????? Reducing Stress.

Reading is a simple and good method to reduce the stress. When you are engaging in a nice book, it can offer a temporary break from all of your stress and allows you to escape from your grief. Reading has been shown to reduce anxiety and stress levels, it gives relaxation and definitely it improves the overall mental well-being of an Individual.

7.???????? Lifelong Learning.

Learning is a never-ending task that everybody knows. So, I’d like to say reading is a lifelong activity that encourages continuous learning. Reading let individuals to stay aware and informed about the real time incidents, current trends, advancements and new updates in various fields, etc. Definitely reading is a lifelong pursuit.

8.???????? Reading expand Knowledge.

Reading allows an Individual to expand his/her knowledge. Because, through reading one individual is going through the perspective, experience, information, ideas. Etc of other individuals. Whether it’s any kind of books such as novels, novellas, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, articles reading expands one’s understanding about the world.

9.???????? Entertainment and Enjoyment.

Reading is a perfect method to spend your leisure time. It’s a good way to enjoy through reading something which is ridiculous and humorous. Reading offers various opportunities for enjoyment and entertainment. Individuals can make reading as a good hobby for the purpose of enjoyment.

10.?? Reading helps to Improve writing and communication skills.

Reading plays a vital role in the improvement of an individual’s writing and communication skills. There are several key reasons such as Expansion of Vocabulary, Contextual understanding, Improves the style of writing, Improves the grammar etc that we can mention. Through continuous reading, the way of our thinking, the way we communicate to others, the way we use vocabulary etc. everything will change slowly, and we can experience the change as soon as possible if we are having the consistency.

In conclusion, there are too many other reasons why reading is important in life, and I have only mentioned few reasons. The reasons behind reading can vary from person to person because it depends upon the purpose behind it. Anyway, reading is not a time pass activity. Reading serves a door to wisdom, knowledge, growth, development etc. In my opinion, reading is a never ending and lifelong activity. We are living in a most modern era where peoples are distracted with digital things, anyway the importance of reading cannot be neglected.