{"id":643,"date":"2018-01-02T16:52:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/?p=643"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:36:15","slug":"lectura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/en\/lectura\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of reading (and a challenge for 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Surely, on many people&#039;s New Year&#039;s resolution list, in addition to exercising, there&#039;s also the goal of reading more.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Reading is one of <em>those<\/em> goals that usually appear on New Year&#039;s resolution lists. Let&#039;s take advantage of the fact that at the beginning of the year we feel more <a href=\"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/en\/2017\/12\/26\/motivacion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motivated<\/a> to talk a little about reading and its <strong>psychological benefits.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Reading has so much to offer. There are so many books on so many different subjects and thousands of different writing styles, that generalizations like &quot;reading bores me&quot; can be a bit hasty. If you&#039;re one of those people, maybe you just haven&#039;t found your favorite genre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In addition to the obvious benefits of reading, such as informing and entertaining, the habit of reading has some psychological benefits that I would like to highlight.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Psychological benefits of reading:<\/h2>\n<h3>1) Reading can reduce anxiety.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">When we read something that really interests us, we immerse ourselves in the words and the images they evoke. Therefore, we give it a <strong>rest for our mind<\/strong> of worries, stress and <a href=\"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/en\/2017\/10\/24\/salir-bucle-mental-pensamientos-obsesivos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruminating thoughts.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>2) Reading stimulates our creativity.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Reading is more than a distraction. <strong>It can also be a means to stimulate our creativity and imagination.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/en\/2017\/11\/07\/beneficios-explorar-nuestra-creatividad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore our creative side<\/a>, in turn, also has psychological benefits such as knowing and dealing with our emotions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>3) Reading promotes empathy.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At the end of the day, reading is a way to learn about other ideas, cultures, and worlds. Several studies show that reading (especially fiction) can make us more understanding and empathetic. <strong>Learning about other people&#039;s worlds can help reduce our own biases.<\/strong> That seems like a huge benefit to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Another way of putting this appears in an article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/verne.elpais.com\/verne\/2015\/05\/05\/articulo\/1430838359_183888.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verne<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(Reading) can lead us to a rule that we do not question (\u201cthis is how it is done\u201d) become an explicit observation (\u201cthis is how we do it\u201d), susceptible to reconsideration (\u201ccouldn&#039;t we do it another way?\u201d).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Reading has many more benefits, but I think these are the most notable. As it must be said, <strong>Sometimes it is difficult to give ourselves the time and space to read.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">That&#039;s why, inspired by challenges from many other pages, I have created a <strong>reading challenge<\/strong>, in my opinion, realistic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>This is a list of book theme ideas to inspire you so you&#039;ll have read at least 12 books by the end of the year.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Are you joining the realistic reading challenge? I certainly am, and I hope you are too.<\/h3>\n<h3>And please share with anyone you think might be interested.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Reto-de-Lectura-2018-cd.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2729\" src=\"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Reto-de-Lectura-2018-cd-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading has psychological benefits. 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