I absolutely love Reader's Digest. Always have and always will. It's one of those magazines that've been around for soo long, I can't quite imagine life without it. I remember munching on a bar of Crunch (which also remains to be an unbroken tradition) and reading it outside our family physician's office waaay, waaaaay back in the hey days - which was *gasp* almost 13 years ago! Admittedly I've worn out of the comic section and instead of frantically searching for pictures, I actually sit down - still waiting outside my current physician's office - enjoying and actually reading some of the articles. And of course, it's like the only magazine you can really find in those fancy public toilets. Cause apparently other magazines aren't worthy of bathroom stalls. Not to mention the fact that you can find anything about everything.
The magazine makes me happy in all the right places. Alright, its no Cosmo or Vogue, but RD has an entire column dedicate to sleep. It SPEAKS to me.
8 Secrets to Better Sleep, 5 Ways to Eliminate Fatigue, Eat Well & Sleep Well , How to Get More Sleep, How To Get More Sleep...which I really don't get. I have the opposite issue. They should write an article about how to sleep LESS. Seriously, this whole summer, on average I slept 12 hours a day. And I'm still sleepy. How is that humanly possible?
Anyway, so on a recent visit to the doctor's I came across - yes, yet another copy of Readers Digest - and read an article stating that reading is the one of the most simulating activity for our brain, only second from the list to sex. Basically, our brain produces the same response whether we fulfill our carnal desires or get "hungry" to read a book. So all this time, whilst going down my path of knowledge, I've also been satisfying my brain's sex drive. Beautiful. (Reader's Digest Canada Issue: May 2010). Reading, of course, to those who can no longer breathe without technology (I'm soon likely to become one of them - the lure of smart phones is too great for me to handle), is a more knowledgeable resource than say, browsing the Internet. I want to agree (because I love reading articles, IET journals, books that have a 1000 pages), but for a girl who Google's - yes, the people of Dictionary.com should really consider adding it as a verb - day in and day out, researching with books and achieving the same speed is a tremendous feat to overcome.
Although, finding detailed information on certain subjects is much more easier to find in books than on the Internet/Google. But that's another topic on its own. I'm just surprised that my brain will react the same if I read a particularly engaging article about super-conducting cables or have a steamy night. The concept is just so bizarre.
The magazine makes me happy in all the right places. Alright, its no Cosmo or Vogue, but RD has an entire column dedicate to sleep. It SPEAKS to me.
8 Secrets to Better Sleep, 5 Ways to Eliminate Fatigue, Eat Well & Sleep Well , How to Get More Sleep, How To Get More Sleep...which I really don't get. I have the opposite issue. They should write an article about how to sleep LESS. Seriously, this whole summer, on average I slept 12 hours a day. And I'm still sleepy. How is that humanly possible?
Anyway, so on a recent visit to the doctor's I came across - yes, yet another copy of Readers Digest - and read an article stating that reading is the one of the most simulating activity for our brain, only second from the list to sex. Basically, our brain produces the same response whether we fulfill our carnal desires or get "hungry" to read a book. So all this time, whilst going down my path of knowledge, I've also been satisfying my brain's sex drive. Beautiful. (Reader's Digest Canada Issue: May 2010). Reading, of course, to those who can no longer breathe without technology (I'm soon likely to become one of them - the lure of smart phones is too great for me to handle), is a more knowledgeable resource than say, browsing the Internet. I want to agree (because I love reading articles, IET journals, books that have a 1000 pages), but for a girl who Google's - yes, the people of Dictionary.com should really consider adding it as a verb - day in and day out, researching with books and achieving the same speed is a tremendous feat to overcome.
Although, finding detailed information on certain subjects is much more easier to find in books than on the Internet/Google. But that's another topic on its own. I'm just surprised that my brain will react the same if I read a particularly engaging article about super-conducting cables or have a steamy night. The concept is just so bizarre.
