Are you reading any books right now?

📕 👓 Your challenge this week is to read 10 pages every day, preferably from an actual book!

🧠This has amazing benefits for your brain health and general outlook on life.

😲 But so many people don’t read … in fact, more than 25% of people told researchers in 2019 that over the course of a year they hadn’t read a single book (or even part of one).

But just look at this list of benefits! Reading:

📗 Strengthens your brain by improving the connections within it

📘 Boosts your vocabulary and comprehension

📙 Helps you sleep better

📚 Reduces stress

📕 Lowers your blood pressure and heart rate

📔 Fights symptoms of depression

📗 Prevents age-related cognitive decline

📘 Is linked with longevity, and

📚 Improves your ability to empathise with others.

Pretty amazing list, right?!