Opinions vary, but apparently early morning reading - between 5am and 7am - is the time when you should! Yet perhaps many of us are still waking up at that point?
There is something to be said, though, for reading earlier rather than later. Very often we read at night, just before turning out the light. This may be a wonderful way to relax but I wonder if we remember what we have read with the same sense of recall that we would have had if we'd attacked our reading in the morning, say... but then we run into work and chores...
If you're serious about reading, the experts recommend that you set yourself the challenge of reading a certain number of pages every day. But don't try to cram those in at night because you might not be awake enough to finish your quota! Incidentally, if you do read at night, then preferably do so with a physical book rather than on a screen. Scientists say that we should avoid viewing screens - "blue light exposure" - from about an hour before we wish to go to sleep, in order to allow the body to start producing the miracle sleep hormone called melatonin, which hastens us towards a good night's rest. Zzzz...
Whenever we do manage to indulge in it, reading benefits us all.
As Napoleon said, in a moment away from the battlefield:
As Napoleon said, in a moment away from the battlefield:
"Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world."
Happy Christmas, Happy Reading!
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