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