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5 Things You Gain By Reading Instead of Watching

The choice is clear if you want to pick the healthy way to go

Craig Kanalley

May 12, 2023

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5 Books Every Twenty-Something Woman Should Read

1. Active vs. Passive

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When you're reading, you're actively engaged in holding something physical, flipping the pages, and using your imagination since there are no moving pictures before your eyes. On the flip side, watching TV is passive, as you just sit and watch. Imagination isn't engaged in the same way because you're seeing it.

2. Stress Relief

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Reading books allows you to enter whole new worlds where you can think about them in an engaged way as opposed to current stresses & anxieties in everyday life.

3. Stronger Brain Health

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Reading has been proven to lead to increased brain health, especially as you age. It can slow down the effects of Alzheimer's and dementia.

4. Binge Watching = Unhealthy Food

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There have been studies that binge watching leads to mindless eating, especially with unhealthy food. Binge watching is also bad for the brain when done in excess, compared to reading which is much healthier.

5. Reading Books Is Better Than Staring At Screens

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Looking at screens for too long is extremely unhealthy. Reading a physical book is less likely to do due damage to your eyes, and if you can get a good posture it's good for your body too.

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5 Things You Gain By Reading Instead of Watching

The choice is clear if you want to pick the healthy way to go

In This Article:

1. Active vs. Passive

2. Stress Relief

3. Stronger Brain Health

4. Binge Watching = Unhealthy Food

5. Reading Books Is Better Than Staring At Screens

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"Your ass is grass, and I'm going to mow it."

What is "talking?" How does one "talk?"

The struggle is real.

Yes, I'm fine. No, I'm not mad about anything.

1. People always asking if I'm ok

2. "Are you mad?"

3. Having to approach potential new friends first because they might be intimidated by you.

4. Getting complaints at work that you "look mean".

5. Having to literally force yourself to smile around new people.

6. "I always thought you were mean before I met you!"

7. I could be having the best day of my life and my face would still look like this:

8. When people start badgering you with questions if you're ok, you actually do start to become a little irritated and annoyed.

9. It makes your blood boil when someone tells you to smile more.

10. Constantly having to reassure people that you're happy.

11. The exhaustion that comes after having to fake a smile.

12. People always think you're judging them.

13. Trying to make your face look like a ray of sunshine, but giving up because it's too hard.

14. Feeling like you're over smiling when you're just smiling like a regular person.

15. When you really are in a bad mood and people just think it's another day for you.

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