Hell yeah, I've also been reading a short book to destress lately and it's been helping me manage my mood. I usually read before bed or when I'm bored/stressed out. Just spending 10 minutes a day reading a chapter or two can do wonders to take your mind off of things. The times when I would've pulled out my phone and doomscroll for 30 minutes are now replaced by me reading this short book. It's only 150 pages and it's not the best book I've read, but the nice thing about reading is that you can always reread books and rediscover things you first missed. I'm on my 4th read and I've grown to enjoy the book even though it didn't impress me the first time; I think that's why getting into books is so hard for many. If a book doesn't give them what they want the first time they read it, then they will get impatient and say the writing is flawed or boring. There's nothing wrong with not finishing a book, but I think there's a lot of value to be gained in sticking with a book to the end: even more so if the book's author has a writing style you don't 100% agree with. Building that kind of persistence in understanding a book will help you have the patience for other things that require a lot of attention such as school, hobbies, conversations, etc. If anyone wants to get into reading, then just read any book you can get your hands on; if you ask me, a book doesn't have to be good or exceptionally long to be enjoyable
I think one of the reasons some people don’t even interact with people as much in real life or don’t hang out as soon as they are a tiny bit tired is that their phone is their to pass the time so instead of being bored while friends are hanging out and deciding that you’ll join them next time, you are almost having fun with your phone, but never truly feeling fulfilled.
Also when i was in a hostel when travelling so many people had phones as soon as they weren’t hanging out with someone so so few people made new friends, and compared to the experiences I’ve heard from older people before phones were used as extremely, they made a lot more friends when just being in the same room as someone and both are forced to talk to each other through boredom
This is some solid advice and honestly inspirational thanks man
Andy Weir is the best, no way!
If you haven't read it already, I recommend the Martian.
Hell yeah, I've also been reading a short book to destress lately and it's been helping me manage my mood. I usually read before bed or when I'm bored/stressed out. Just spending 10 minutes a day reading a chapter or two can do wonders to take your mind off of things. The times when I would've pulled out my phone and doomscroll for 30 minutes are now replaced by me reading this short book. It's only 150 pages and it's not the best book I've read, but the nice thing about reading is that you can always reread books and rediscover things you first missed. I'm on my 4th read and I've grown to enjoy the book even though it didn't impress me the first time; I think that's why getting into books is so hard for many. If a book doesn't give them what they want the first time they read it, then they will get impatient and say the writing is flawed or boring. There's nothing wrong with not finishing a book, but I think there's a lot of value to be gained in sticking with a book to the end: even more so if the book's author has a writing style you don't 100% agree with. Building that kind of persistence in understanding a book will help you have the patience for other things that require a lot of attention such as school, hobbies, conversations, etc. If anyone wants to get into reading, then just read any book you can get your hands on; if you ask me, a book doesn't have to be good or exceptionally long to be enjoyable
This actually has made me start drawing again thanks man
as an on and off artist, this is amazing
@@khispeaks all i can say is thank you ive been wanting to for a while and you got me to do it
cool
really appreciate your thoughts on this man, I can never seem to relate with people irl all of them are actually bots.
great vid
I think one of the reasons some people don’t even interact with people as much in real life or don’t hang out as soon as they are a tiny bit tired is that their phone is their to pass the time
so instead of being bored while friends are hanging out and deciding that you’ll join them next time, you are almost having fun with your phone, but never truly feeling fulfilled.
Also when i was in a hostel when travelling so many people had phones as soon as they weren’t hanging out with someone so so few people made new friends, and compared to the experiences I’ve heard from older people before phones were used as extremely, they made a lot more friends when just being in the same room as someone and both are forced to talk to each other through boredom
Very interesting
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