It is said, one must pursue her passion and should not go after a profession subscribing to social pressure. The work in which one is interested and gives pleasure will not remain just work to add burden rather would turn out to be a healer providing the satisfaction and enjoyment which every individual yearns for. The best way for such satisfaction is to pursue hobbies. Hobbies play a very significant role in not only enhancing one’s overall personality rather the ones having hobbies are happier than the ones who don’t possess any. Reading books can be a classic example of a hobby that opens a plethora of professions.
Reading can’t be loved by everyone but those who read are quite knowledgeable and quick-witted in comparison with non-readers. Reading makes you acquainted with different realms of life and exposes you to various perspectives providing a better understanding of the world. Reading helps a lot in multiple ways and to start with a profession, can make you a good writer. To become a good writer, one has to be creative in writing and creativity comes from reading. In the present scenario when the demand for content writers is very high and individual with good communication skills and good writing skills are needed not only in India but internationally as well the ones with reading habits seem to have it all. There are various courses available in the market and online also, various platforms offering courses for writing.
Reading does not provide for a single job that is a writer rather several ample opportunities are waiting out. A child can start reading books from childhood and gradually would develop such mental skills that are going to be different from others. It can be a boon for those who want to become a philosopher or scholars. Developing an interest in a specific subject would make you an expert in that field. Reading along with understanding helps in the growth of a person both mentally and physically relieving stress and improving the metabolism of the body. The person can better understand the concepts and can grab the meanings of narratives faster than the layman. People who wish to become a historian can read history books from childhood the basic books which give them a clear idea of what history is all about. Reading is such a hobby that shapes individual thoughts and can become a mechanism to bring the reforms in the society by enlightening people around them thus paving the way for social reformers what we call activists in common language.
Though it depends on what kind of literature a person is referring to it is in her hands to shape herself according to what her profession demands that one aspires to pursue. So, reading has various advantages and could help anyone in following her passion to turn it into a profession. Reading also makes one more aware regarding social issues if one wants to become a sociologist, implying the works of social sciences which plague society and continue to exist. Reading in any field would be a beneficial point is what kind of text one is referring to. Reading unnecessarily without any motive is going to be futile. Hence, readers must be careful while opting for the text they are going in to and must not go for any random text they come across.
So, reading can be a mechanism to lead you to various dream jobs that one aspires. It only depends on the interest of the reader. It gives you multiple options which one is free to choose. The beauty of reading is that it provides you the satisfaction as a hobby and on the other hand, makes your command over a language strong thereby improving one’s vocabulary making you a good communicator. for people who want to enter into the hospitality profession in hotels there reading also helps. Good communication skills are needed in every profession irrespective of the field.
Quoting Mahatma Gandhi who said:
“live as you were to die tomorrow and learn as if you were to live forever”.
Reading helps you in learning, of course, that goes without saying. So, read and learn and applying those learnings in life is a continuous process that never ends. The reading should be helpful for not only the reader but the reader must use the knowledge appropriately in a bona fide manner. Reading brings creativity sui generis in nature and helps in enhancing mental abilities. Chasing the passion of reading implies chasing your profession in many ways.
by Saba Harun
