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An activity successfully takes you out of the virtual life that has been forced
A n ac tivit y suc c essfully takes y ou out of the vir tual lif e tha t has been f or c ed
on to us and leaves you with a constructive feeling to dwell on for the rest of
on t o us and lea v es y ou with a c onstruc tiv e f eeling t o dw ell on f or the r est of
the day. .
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Whatever it is that you seek; perhaps a skill that you want to master, a subject
W ha t ev er it is tha t y ou seek ; per haps a sk ill tha t y ou w an t t o mast er , a subjec t
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that you would like to educate yourself on, maybe just a healthy distraction
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fr om the mundane c y cles of lif e; r eading the r igh t ma t er ial is going t o help
from the mundane cycles of life; reading the right material is going to help
y ou achiev e all of tha t . I t will open doors in y our mind tha t y ou pr obably
you achieve all of that. It will open doors in your mind that you probably
didn ’ t ev en k no w e xist ed and lea v e y ou with an e xplor a tion of a lif etime .
didn’t even know existed and leave you with an exploration of a lifetime.
Such is the power of these tiny squiggles backed by years of perspective
Such is the po w er of these tin y squiggles backed b y y ears of perspec tiv e
M
ARIA
-RENJU M
-RENJU MARIAM
shifting to give the meaning you can now comprehend.
shif ting t o g iv e the meaning y ou can no w c ompr ehend .
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A mong other things , r eading r eally keeps y ou g r ounded , and the k ind of
Among other things, reading really keeps you grounded, and the kind of
content you consume is a whole universe in the rawest form possible-from
c on t en t y ou c onsume is a whole univ erse in the r a w est f or m possible -fr om
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abstract to paper within seconds, and I absolutely refuse to believe that one
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cannot see the magic in it. Reading goes hand-in-hand with self-education,
cannot see the mag ic in it . R eading goes hand-in-hand with self- educa tion,
and we need it at some point in our lives to escape the stagnancy provided
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o escape the stag
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by childhood conditioning and passed down thought processes. It liberates
b
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you and promotes free thinking, which is by far, the most important quality
, the most impor
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in a human who has been institutionalised by the society for generations.
in a human who has been institutionalised b y the societ y f or gener a tions .
ou ha
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So, if you have made it this far, how about you push a little more and start by
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reading an article on topics that already interest you? This makes it easier to
r eading an ar ticle on t opics tha t alr eady in t er est y ou? T his makes it easier t o
pick up the r outine and per f or m r egular ly till it f eels like less of a chor e and
pick up the routine and perform regularly till it feels like less of a chore and
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more of the thing you look forward to in your day. Here is a
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pre-emptive “GREAT JOB!” from my side if you end up investing
pr e - emptiv e “ GREA T JOB!” fr om m y side if y ou end up in v esting
, which is undeniably going t
onder
in a w
in a wonderful habit like this, which is undeniably going to pay
y
o pa
ful habit like this
off in the long run.
off in the long run.
- -AIMAN SAYED,AIMAN SAYED,
ON BEHALF OF ‘BEYOND
ON BEHALF OF ‘BE Y OND
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