Libraries. Good novels. Fiction. Bookshelves. Plays. Poems. Writing. Creating another world. A door into another place, which creates an hour of life inside another world, and allows you to return to your own better for it–refreshed.
I recently read that studies have proven that an hour of screen time, even if it’s reading something, isn’t the same as an hour of a book.
I didn’t need a study to tell me that, and probably, neither did you.
I find that screen time–whether it is reading fascinating articles, doing research, shopping, or catching up with friends on social media–does not leave me refreshed and relaxed.
I find that a good book, however, does.
It removes me entirely, usually, from my life. It’s a vacation between two covers, or at least a trip into someone else’s life and trials. It gives me ideas to reflect on. It gives me peace. It’s like a drink at a deeper well.
I need to go: must open a cover.
