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You Won't Regret Making Reading Your Second Hobby

Grab a book or find articles online, but please read.

Andie Fernandez

Apr 18, 2018

University of Houston

You Won't Regret Making Reading Your Second Hobby

Andie Fernandez

My hobby is music. It has always been and it will always be. Creating music, I mean, not listening to it. Whenever I have free time or need a break I go to my piano and spend hour learning song and singing. It's my therapy. There is a problem with it though: it is not the most practical hobby.

It's not like I can carry my piano with me everywhere, or start singing wherever I go. That would be annoying. This struggle forced me to find something more practical. Not with the idea of leaving music, but with the purpose of de-stressing or chilling wherever and whenever I wanted to.

Then I realized I’ve always been a fan of books. I’m always in the middle of a book, there’s always one on my nightstand or in my tablet, and the fact that all of my Amazon orders are books is kind of worrying, honestly.

What I love about books is that they are all completely different, or similar, depending on what you want. If you are like me, then you probably read a different genre every time you change books, but there’s also the possibility of you being a reader with a preference. Some people enjoy thrillers and nothing more while some like romance and they won’t pick up a book unless there’s a cheesy love story going on.

The thing is, not everyone likes books, and that’s completely okay!

I love books, but I’ll be the first to admit books and I have a love-hate relationship. Maybe because I have to read tons of textbooks for my classes, or just because I tend to put them aside when I find a really good show on Netflix (currently going through this). Good news is, there are many different ways of reading.

If you don’t enjoy physical books, then try buying a tablet. Having one also helps you save money at the beginning of the semester because – in case you didn’t know – digital textbooks tend to be way cheaper. If you don’t like reading long stories, then go online and find a good website – something you already did because you’re here, so go and read some more articles while you’re at it. I think reading articles is one of my favorite things to do because you never know what you may find, and they are short and easy to digest.

I just ask you to remember this the next time you’re bored in your bed staring at the ceiling. Reading is an amazing hobby – a healthy one – so go do yourself a favor and grab a book or find articles online, but please read.

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