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How to train yourself to read when there are so many distractions around
Imagine how many good stories you've missed because you watched movies instead of reading books. Of course, you can't say that a book is always more interesting than a movie based on it. That's not the case. But reading books that your favorite movies are based on is one way to get to know your favorite character even better, to understand his or her feelings and motivations. Plus, it can be tempting to find out what happened to the characters after the end credits if only part of the book has been adapted. It is recommended to read at least 30 minutes a day, but not everyone can do it at once. You can start with 10 minutes and gradually increase the time. Now do the math - just half an hour of reading a day leads to two books read per month and 24 books read per year. Not a bad goal, right? And most importantly, quite achievable. Choose a time of day that is comfortable for you. If you like to go to bed later, it's better to read in the evening. The more that reading a paper book before bedtime can be a great cure for insomnia. A book, unlike gadgets, is not a source of artificial blue color and does not reduce the production of melatonin. So it certainly will not worsen the quality of sleep, even on the contrary - it will help to prepare for it, distract from the monitor. If you prefer to get up early, you can devote a few minutes to reading in the morning when no one else is distracting you. In this way you will help your brain to tune in to the work mode - to give it food for processing. If it's hard to focus at first, if your mind is elsewhere, and you realize halfway through a page that you haven't memorized anything, use a pencil to highlight the main details of what you've read and then retell them to yourself. This will help your brain assimilate the information: the more energy and time it spends assimilating, the better the information is stored in memory, and the more effective our actions are.