Reading Helps the Soul.

  I think it’s outrageous that our society prioritizes short term entertainment over long term commitment towards intellectual engagement. For instance, my generation spends most of its time consuming meaningless, yet entertaining media such as TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, etc. Instead, our generation should be engaging in more intellectually simulating, imagination inducing and emotionally deepened activities like reading. Reading helps the mind in so many ways, It helps build imagination by allowing us to imagine and picture the story as well as increasing problem solving skills, reading (fiction especially) helps emotional intelligence by allowing us to understand and empathize with different perspectives and emotions, reading helps with making social connections by there being fanbases on that book & people in those fan bases will often become good friends because of it, reading also reduces stress and relaxes the human body. 

    I think if my generation starts engaging in activities that build imagination, emotional intelligence and social connections, such as reading, then we would have more friends, be more social in person, be less stressed, be more imaginative and emotionally intelligent, not to mention have better attention spans, a better will to learn, and better grades.

     All in all, If my generation and the generations to come engage less on the internet and engage more in more meaningful, fulfilling activities, then we would have a better life physically, socially, mentally & emotionally.