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Day 27<br />
Start a Book<br />
1 in 4 American adults did not read a single book last year. Those who did<br />
read books were usually women and older folk. This doesn’t bode well for<br />
younger men. It’s not that younger men aren’t reading. They’re probably<br />
reading plenty on blogs or on their phone. But reading snippets from blogs<br />
and websites is a completely different experience than reading a good old<br />
fashioned book. With a book you can get completely immersed in a story<br />
and suck out the marrow of good ideas. With the internet, you tend to just<br />
get blips of information at a time. It’s never enough to gain the kind of<br />
immersive experience and broad picture that a whole book gives you.<br />
Today, we’re going to turn the page (so to speak) on the dearth of men<br />
not reading books. But before we begin, let’s just quickly review some of<br />
the benefits of reading.<br />
The Benefits of Reading<br />
Of course, the greatest benefit of reading is simply the pleasure that it gives<br />
you. Reading is an unmatchable pastime for relaxing and wiling away some<br />
time. Besides being thoroughly enjoyable, though, it has even more benefits:<br />
1. Improves your writing. The ability to write well is a skill that<br />
will set you apart from your peers. Of course, if you want to<br />
become a skilled writer, you must practice writing. But in addition<br />
to writing, reading the words of great authors can also help<br />
you improve. As you read, you’ll begin to notice patterns and sentence<br />
formations that work well. If you’re constantly reading quality<br />
writing, it’s hard for some of it not to rub off on your own writing.