{"id":2354,"date":"2023-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/how-reading-can-positively-affect-your-life\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T01:10:48","slug":"how-reading-can-positively-affect-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/how-reading-can-positively-affect-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW READING CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT YOUR LIFE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do we benefit from reading books? Reading enriches your mind, broadens your horizons and enhances various aspects of your personal and intellectual life.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a brief explanation of how reading books can change your brain and body, for the better.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>REDUCES STRESS<\/strong>. Letting yourself get lost on a good book is a great escape from the worries and stresses of the everyday world.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPROVES CONCENTRATION AND MEMORY<\/strong>. Mental exercise like reading strengthens your memory and concentration because it focuses your attention.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>STRENGTHENS COMMUNICATION SKILLS<\/strong>. Increasing your vocabulary, communications skills, and being exposed to different writing styles will help you become a better communicator.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>INCREASES IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY<\/strong>. Reading sparks imagination and creativity, nurturing your brain to develop ideas, possibilities, understanding, and be more open to the opinions of others.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>INCREASES ABILITY TO EMPATHISE<\/strong>. Reading helps you develop a better ability to understand others and equips you will skills that enable you to build, navigate, and maintain social relationships.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>HELPS PREVENT AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE<\/strong>. Reading can be a great way to keep your mind engaged as you grow older.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT MAY EVEN HELP YOU LIVE LONGER!<\/strong> Studies have shown that people read live around 2 years longer than those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE TAKEAWAY?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Reading is very, very good for you! It\u2019s never too late to begin taking advantage of the many physical and psychological benefits waiting for you in the pages of a good book.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/aaron-burden-6jYoil2GhVk-unsplash.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 150px;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we benefit from reading books? Reading enriches your mind, broadens your horizons and enhances various aspects of your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-local-area"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4143,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions\/4143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}