It makes you smarter! When you read something of value, you're expanding and practicing your vocabulary. You're opening your mind up to the viewpoint and experiences of another. You're an active participant in your own entertainment. You're giving your brain some novel stimulation. You're making connections between your life and the universal truths the author tries to convey. Your memories are accessed when just the right detail hits you in just the right way. Your powers of argument strengthen as you agree with some parts of the book but not others. You hone your ability to focus. You leave this world and use your imagintion for a little while.
Reading is a full-brain workout. What to some is a simple and boring act is to others (those who have learned to do it properly) an experience that involves just about every part of the mind. Just like when you exercise the body, it can be difficult, even painful. But once you've had your fill and it's time to move on with your day, you feel better, fresher, healthier, stronger.
And who knows, maybe you'll learn to think in new ways. Maybe you'll find new facets to your personality, find some new and amazing thing you never knew you cared about. Maybe, at the very least you'll have something different to talk about.
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