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Reading 1,000 books changed my brain
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- I freak out on videos like this, wondering if they're interesting enough for anyone to listen to and end up trying to cram as much as possible in as little time as possible - I ended up cutting my intro from 3 minutes to a few seconds.
BUT I hope my point still comes across ok! Reading has genuinely changed my life and brain - and these are some reasons I love it.
Also as a side note, what I'd have liked to expand on a bit more are our attitudes towards reading: I don't think everyone "should" read, and forcing ourselves to have "reading routines" is a proper pain and can suck the joy out of it all. I do believe it should be fun and there when you want to do it!
WHO AM I: I'm Elizabeth, a medical student, artist, UA-camr and Podcaster in London. I love to think and talk about life, art, medicine, books and meaning. And also how to find the time to do those things. If you'd like to watch me paint and talk about life, I do that on my podcast ( / @feelosophywithelizabe... ) and if you'd like to read my thoughts and book notes, I have a newsletter you can join (newsletter.eliz...).
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To make your life easier:
0:00 Intro
0:49 Making friends in your mind
2:16 Creating new realities in your brain
3:24 Turning on my brain's radio
4:40 Unlock hidden parts of my brain
6:22 Learn about my own brain
Heya, if you'd like to read my free book summaries with me, here they are: 📕 My Book Club - www.getrevue.co/profile/the-pensieve
Your videos have inspired me to change my life
During covid 19 I felt so worried and depressed
Trying new stuff in life
I just joined!
Thank you for sharing this!
Wow! this girl speaks at 3X and yet, she's so clear! lovely & insightful.
I think it’s just you man, I’m listening to her at 2x speed and I’m not struggling to hear her at all.
@@chriscruz429 she does talk pretty fast
@@kmradosevich As I stated on my previous comment, I listened to this video at 2x speed and did not struggle to keep up. I wish UA-cam had the option of higher speeds.
@@chriscruz429 i want whatever ur on haha jk. She definitely talks fast in comparison to other youtubers. I usually increase the speed to videos but did not feel the need to for her.
@@kaitietheukulelelady5645 I think is mainly because you wanted to empathize with her story. She speaks very clearly, which makes it easy to speed up the video and still comprehend. What I’ve noticed is that she makes a statement with the main point and then goes on to explain her emotions and anecdotal stories along with it. It makes it interesting, but I’m more of a stats and data type of person.
LOVED this
WHY did I just see this, thank youuu!
@@elizabethfilips your channel is literally a bundle of sunshine
Jack!
hi jack. how's it going mate?
JACKK
Your expression and feelings towards books is so beautiful! ✨ I can especially relate to authors unlocking certain expressions that I often can’t explain in my own life. Excited to look into your author recommendations 🙂
Thank you Natalie!
Holly shit how did you get 8 million subscribers??
She is like my dream girl
Read the Holy Quran and historical life of Mohammed who is the greatest man in the world...
@Akash Das Hi Dear, really it's not a laughing matter. If you really study of Mohammed, surely you will be surprised that how is it possible for a man to cover up all the things of a human life with best examples...
Not joking Dear. Requested to study his life...
Managing a restaurant after high school for 7 years, becoming an engineer in my early 30s, learning to code for a year, learning about cloud computing, and now watching your videos changes my life
Wowhoo
The connections that we begin to make after reaching a certain number of finished books are amazing. It gets easier to learn new things, to understand people around us and our own feelings. The one habit that changes everything in life.
I feel like reading books helps clear mental fogginess. It is as if our minds could be seen as our personal rooms and reading is the act of cleaning our rooms (minds).
I read a lot of books. But I have no idea what I’ve read because my mind keeps wondering off to other things. I guess non-focused reading is better than no reading. I’m not going to give up.
My struggle: I feel overwhelmed by unexplored emotions when reading books and sometimes feel miserable because of it
you're born in the best time in history, the most comfortable time. You're too weak
@@satoshinakamoto7253 such an awful thing to say to someone.
That’s okay, you will be okay. If you feel uneasy, just take a little break and continue reading when you feel better. You will get over this feeling, because you are able to overcome it. Trust in your ability to read and lose Yourself in the stories, until they become a part of you and make you better than you were before. The books will grow into your heart soon after.
Think that some ppl can even have a bed to read a book confortable bcs of their debts or idk they dont like books.
Think that now that u discovered them you can try to feel those emotiones
I feel d same sometimes xd this iswhat I say to myself
Maybe finding something close to reading but not quite: comics, theatre performances, or poetry since it’s shorter. Or write something just for fun down before reading. This seems totally normal, like you feel stuff really deeply. Just keep trying to find something that works for you ❤️
“Don’t believe everything you think” has been a favorite saying of mine for the last 10 years or so. That and “as the island of my knowledge grows so does the shore of my ignorance”.
I never want to feel as if I know everything. There is ALWAYS so much more to learn. (Thankfully) 😁
Your comment around 4:50 about not grasping a feeling if there’s no word for it is fascinating. I’ve just finished reading “The Idiot Brain” and it’s mentioned that if, as a culture, we don’t have a word for something, then it is borderline impossible to really understand it, nevermind explaining it to others. So what your describing is a very real, neurological phenomenon!
The extent of our language is inextricably tied to our comprehension.
Obviously you say you eventually discover the word/description and it “clicks”. But this only proves the point! So interesting!
I LOVE this theory - and the opposite, the more words we have for something, the more detail we can appreciate in it, for example cultures that have tens of words for snow - language is so much fun
They didnt have the word blue in Homer's time,so the sea used to be described as wine-dark.
This happened to me. I couldn't explain my feelings very clearly.
@@barbara9315 I love this! Such a creative way of describing something.
Some fantastic points here! Most of my reading has been medical textbooks in the last 7 years 🙈 I miss slipping into another reality in my imagination like when reading Harry Potter. And it also helps me understand the real world, express my emotions, and relate to my patients. I have no doubt my communication skills and empathy have benefited from the books I've read. I'm definitely going to make an effort to read more fiction after this video! 😊
Hii, so glad you are talking about your books again! Really love this kinds of videos
Ah thank you Karla!
@@elizabethfilips Please Keep Making More Videos On Books🙏😊
Loved this video. I identified so much with your thoughts about how reading books help us. The idea that resonated with me the most is the ability to know yourself better.
Loved the passion and genuine appreciative energy in this video. It’s always amazing to hear how books have changed the minds of people!
Yes, yes, yes! Seconds into this video, I thought, - how amazing is it that we can sit here in our own home and watch this video. I believe that promoting reading is essential, and I am genuinely happy to see that you have made this video about reading books. I love books; I have been obsessed with letters since I was two years old (I didn't care that much about other things, lol, letters were my obsession back then too!) Letters that you can create words with - how wonderful is that?!? Words you can put on paper and make a poem or a story of some sort - and if you visit your local library or bookstore, you can indulge in books of all kinds! I love how well you're describing your experience with reading books, what they have done for you, how much they have given you. This video was a great way to start the day with - thank you! 😀😀😀😀
I really loved your perspective on this! I haven’t read nearly as many books as you have but everything you had to say had me feeling extremely seen and understood in my feelings about the books I have read! 🥰 Thanks so much for sharing!
Love this! I'm a bibliophile at heart and miss being able to read a book a day. This is motivation to get back into it. Reading has always been an escape for me sincee childhood and now that in older, it's a way of better understanding people, the world and myself. Not to mention how amazing my vocabulary becomes 😁
My struggle with reading is actually letting myself read when I feel like it. The books that I want to read are not necessarily "light" reading and require a lot of time and focus to process. So, when I feel like reading, I think that if I have enough energy to read this book for pleasure, then I must have enough energy to study / do my homework. Then, reading gets relegated to a "leisure activity" that I never end up doing. I think this is a common struggle: the most meaningful things that bring one the most joy get pushed to the sideline in favor of mundane but "necessary" tasks.
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
Well, if you think about it, reading is also a productive activity. You're bettering your brain, so it's ok!
Your video is so relatable..Quite often I feel nobody matches my frequency , understands me or there is nobody with whom I can have a deep talk but when it comes to reading I feel like there is someone who has the same thought process as me just like your video is so relatable..
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
Reading has had tremendous impact on me----particularly at work. Think writing well. Think being a conversationalist. Think having range on several topics. And think make connections that doesn't seem to come easily people. I have simply come alive to the fact that, "reading maketh a man".
I love reading, but I'd never thought about books this way. It's beautiful. I'm definitely switching the radio on to appreciate my next book even more.
You are absoloutely right
Spot on! Fabulous video!
Oh wow! You have put into word my exact feelings towards books! My favorite one is noticing things around me and finding new ways to express myself as I read about characters feelings.
Love this video! I also enjoyed how you described the way reading expands our imagination and transports us to another world other than our own.
I found your channel yesterday.
I've watched 3 videos so far and find them interesting and entertainment.
Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Have a wonderful day. ✨🐦🐰🐶
have a great day too :)
That was really insightful, thank you. Reading is fascinating, and I usually try to combine Audiobooks with the Actual Books, have them play in the background while I have the book in my hands and pretend someone is reading it to me , as I read the text myself underlining and making notes. I've just recently started that so I can keep in check of what I learned and got out of any books I read. Though with some, you don't even need that, they just stay with you in the subconscious and you can recall instantly how they made you feel or what they made you think about. Its also a great detox from the barrage of visual triggers that surround us all day long. It'd be nice to achieve a zen like meditative state while reading, would do wonders.
Thank you for this video. I was an avid reader and have struggled to read for the past few years, mainly because I have gotten busy and find not the time to do so. There is also the misplaced/unjustified but strongly felt guilt of ignoring a few other aspects when I take time out for reading. Watching your video and seeing the wonderful points you highlight does inspire me to take the dust off of my Kindle and order something. Now I will see if htere are any books you have shared in some video that I will download. :)
Creating new realities , Unlocking hidden parts of the brain & knowing about my brain ; these three are the best points which i like.
I 100% can identify with this. Ive always been a reader with The Hobbit being my “first big” book as a child. It changed me in every way. It’s as if I had an unquenchable thirst for stories ever since. I think C.S Lewis especially captured me with The Great Divorce. I’m not religious, but his writing and philosophy in that book stays with me. I honestly can’t get through it without sobbing because I felt like I finally “found a soul” like mine. It’s funny that Lewis wrote “we read to know we are not alone” and it’s his books that make me feel this way.
One of my struggles is finding the type of book that will really grip me and want me to keep turning the page. Particularly these days when the internet is so vast and entertaining!
You can try Kindred
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
I used to be like that till I find out Robert green books so powerful and it makes u never stop reading examples u can start the 48 lows if power I finish it within a week
So nice to hear you’re talking about books, glad that UA-cam recommended me this video!
I’m wondering how you managed to read so many books when you’ve been in medical school, that’s impressive😄 I struggle with reading working as an accountant😂 so many books, but no time for it, I mean enough time
I agree with your points. English being my favorite but not my first language, i would also add that reading in different languages also opens your brain to all kinds of knowledge. For example, many of my favorite books are not available in spanish (although some are). Love your insights!
I’ve always felt this way about books but I never actually thought about it until I heard you say it. Amazing video! I hope it inspires more people to read
I usually can feel tension in my facial muscles. around my mouth, eyes and forehead. but I swear to God when I watch her videos ... it all disappears. I find myself relaxed and smiling. I only just realised this. She's a joy to watch and learn from.
❤️❤️❤️
You see the world in such a poetic way! Thanks for making this video. ‘Twas a joy to watch.🤍
THANK YOU for watching!!
Hi ma,am
Absolutely 💕dear
Struggles I have with reading (I would love your take/suggestions):
1. Remembering names of characters
2. How to approach reading. Read a block if time or end of a chapter?
3. How to learn when to leave the book if its a hard slog to get started. How do you get excited to read
4. Choosing what to read based on interest than people's suggestion. Or understanding why people suggest a book and can be meaningful to read.
5. My hardest one, how to read novels. There is no info gained like non fiction
Smiles,
JoannA
"Remembering names of characters"... impossible for those books of George Martin. So many names!
Thank You for sharing, I agree with most of those feelings we found on some authors and their descriptions, and the way they evolve us or make us see the world in different ways through their stories.
I had the opposite experience: I stopped reading books and it changed my life! I pushed me to think more and be more original in my ideas. I'm not knocking books, they are great. At the same time they are not the end-all-be-all.
You just motivated me into adopting the idea of reading books! Been following you since a few months! Love your content! I just love how you cover wide range of topics ranging from tech reviews to different aspects of life! Cheers! ^_^
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
Love how you think, really encouraging to read more. (Just ordered a Kindle after neglecting it for years, I hope it will lift up my reading experience on the next level.)
When you said "Don't believe everything you think", It just hit hard.
You are crystal clear to what to represent for The viewers.....You will be great Advicer for us Loved to see your videos.....On the way with Ali Abdaal and Kharma medic's videos
Am currently trying to develop reading habits. I'm at my 40s. How I wish I have started much sooner. I used to struggle to finish reading a single book back then. Only about the age of 34 I think, was the first time I finished reading a book Hunger Games.
I proceeded to read non fiction. It was hard. Then slowly just before the pandemic, I forced myself to focus on books. Really enjoyed being with books. Makes me feel like getting all the nutrition my brain needs.
Gotta say, don't let reading habit go.. it does make a big difference in your life. It did for me. I've learned a lot and reading made me a better person.
Thank you for all of your recommendations; I'm delighted to agree with your viewpoint on reading; I'd say that reading has saved me from myself.
You just blow my mind with your combo of brain, heart and beauty
I totally relate, you described it in such a real and beautiful way. I loved it
When Liz drops a new video, you know it is going to be a good one
Loved your video. I love the infinite things we get from reading. The struggle is consistency due to a tiring daily life... also keeping focus when I do manage to push myself to read 🙊
Books are your best friends. They provide you with companionship when you are alone. They take you on a voyage of the entire world without a need to physically leave your room. The best thing about books is that unlike human friends, they don't stab you in the back.
Just the kind of content I love!! Now that you mention it, I have definitely made more friends because of books (or rather book clubs)
I love discussing a book I have read with someone else who has read it, it's such a great way to have something to talk about (if you struggle with that) while also learning new perspectives! It's also interesting when you talk to someone who hated a book you loved, or vice versa and get out of your echo chamber! Sometimes when I read a book I just google 'events' the author might be in or find a book club on Twitter or IG because it's literally an obsession at this point! I never made enough time to read in med school so now I am making up for lost time and trying to get the most out of every read! I just signed up for your newsletter! 😌
I see your videos just because you 're so beautiful ; you don't change my mindset about reading; most likley i will read nothing and just go to sleep ; thank you for your effort and i wish you all succes in life
I'd definitely add articulation to that list. Very well said!
Every time I watch your video I feel like u have a great power to name everything.. ( emotions or feelings ) .
It turned out u learnt it too...
I love your personality a lot 💜
Oh thank you!
I like your first point on how books help use to make friends. I really did not think about this before. So true!
When it comes to reading I never seem to have enough time available anymore, or, when I do, there is less of an inclination to read now than when I was younger. I think university has negatively affected this attitude shift because I now associate reading with stress and work instead of satisfying a fun curiosity. And the increasing responsibilities, life expectations, and never ending to-do's that come along with age create the need to simply withdraw from further mental stimulation by using mind-numbing devices
If you do make a follow up video, please include how/when you allocate the time for pleasure reading? Especially considering you're a busy medical student!
Thank you for saying everything I have ever felt regarding books but could never find the words for. I could especially relate to books 'unlocking certain feelings'.
Also, I really love these type of videos, and I am sure many other viewers do. So, definitely looking forward to such videos.
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's the most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
I really liked the idea of equating reading with vibration. So powerful you just described it perfectly, pure grasp, thanks
I recently rediscovered my love for books. As a child and teen I adored books. I remember how I loved going to the library and pick some new books. And I would always make sure to bring a whole stack on holiday. Then in my twenties my mental health declined and focussing on books became harder. I also kinda blame the internet (I learned my brain to go for quick short input) but I did read a book now and then. Now I’m in my thirties and I had not read a book in a few years. I couldn’t find the motivation and focus to do so. But now since a few weeks I listen to audiobooks and it is SO MUCH FUN! I love being in this whole other world. And I don’t mean fantasy per se I mean to get out of my head and into a different life. But it also connects to my life and my experiences like you said. I ‘read’ six books already. It regained my love for books and I think I’d pick up a real book sooner now. Like you were talking about in another video on motivating yourself with passion. Nevertheless I think audiobooks ‘count’ as reading a book as well. It’s a great solution when focussing on actual reading is difficult. And I agree on books being great to learn about people and feeling more connected to others in a way.
Second video I got to see and wow just amazing Elizabeth! Love this! So happy your content finally reached my channel! Sending More Love and Light to you! ♥
Yay! Thank you!
@@elizabethfilips You're very welcome but I have to say thank you because you rock!
I've had a very hard time reading with possible brain damage from hard drug use and a brain disease I have. I learned to like reading, to love it even by treating the book as delicately as possible with patience and always starting at the beginning and rereading books of harder content like philosophy and religion,though I've read mostly fiction. I can't day I've read 1,000 books, but estimate I've read about 20,000 hours in 35 years. I find it very soothing. I get to be intimate with the author and it helps with loneliness.
I loved this video's analysis of the benefits of reading, Elizabeth. For the point you made around 5:40, I highly recommend that you practice guided body scan meditations as well as guided visualizations. They can deeply enrich self-exploration along with fiction and other literature, but you can internalize the deep inner experience faster and add the new language to describe varied sensations to your mental frameworks of reality that much faster. Different meditation techniques shift our awareness to a multitude of distinct objects of focus, so they allow us to practice different ways of engaging with the world in a more relaxed state, after enough trial and error.
Unlocking the brain is so interesting & also how clearly it's explained but making friends hits quite different 😄💗
keeping consistency in reading is what everyone struggles with I guess like I'm reading it every day, and for some reason, some pause comes, and boom my brain says, you have to start reading from first or I just end up forgetting and having my brain tell me you have 77 half-read books out of 100 lol
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
How I learned to keep up with my reading habit and read consistently: I decided I would read 5 pages a day no matter what. If I end up reading more, I consider that a bonus. The point is, I can't find an excuse not to carve out at least 10 min for those 5 pages every day. Works like a charm! Hope this helps someone. :)
@@sandrajevtic4528 thanks, I'm gonna try it right from today
What a quote at the end...dont believe everything you think 🙌🏾
You’re one of few UA-camrs whose videos I always thumbs up before I even watch them all the way through lol.
Loved this video :) Finding strong reasons always helps with a habit and this is an awesome personal list of those.
About your prompt on the struggles on reading, here's one I am recently facing: Being someone with many interests like reading books both non-fiction & fiction, reading news, learning new things online (outside and inside my domain of learning & work) (& also doing better every day at the full-time job), I am considering crafting a weekly routine of how to distribute the time spent on all these activities because it is practically impossible to spend some time on each of these every day. How would you go about this? Asking this as you mentioned you are also generally interested in a lot of different things in life.
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's the most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
Love it! Have you read the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows? The author invents words for very specific emotions and describes them so beautifully. Definitely recommend!
I so get it that books are friends, they are my bestest friends and I can go anywhere and learn anything from books and that is also why I treasure them soso much! I know my brain has grown and developed over the years from reading. I've always been an avid reader and even in third grade I was reading medical books and so my brain grew very rapid because I was exposed to many larger words and would always have a dictionary by my side and I still do to this day. When I read a dictionary is also there. Thanks for sharing this!
Your video resonates with my life so much. When I read fiction, I imagine myself re-living the moment when I first read the same books. Then, for the non-fiction genre, I make it seem that the author's opinion is a serious conversation with myself. 😊 thanks.
I read Murder mystery of reporter by Jaiprakash Jha. It's most interesting mystery thriller I have read in recent years.
Omg the not having words to describe your feelings thing is SO RELATABLE 😭😭😭
Thanks so much sister you made better action so reading is a pillar of knowledge
Way to live, Liz!
books = stored memories. 10x more powerful than any picture or video (IMHO)
A picture is worth more than a thousand words.
@@imanoldurham5395 lol. There is some truth to that, but in today's world where we see a picture every second, our brain's barely have time to register 1-5 words from the picture before we're bombarded with another picture. But really studying a single picture can reveal a thousand words :)
I love this video a whole bunch. It made me quite reflective of my current and past relationship with books. Thanks for sharing.
Creating new realities in your brain is so so so important. Great video 🥰
Thank you Celine!
You push people to travel deep inside. You are great!
very good channel. your views on reading is excellent. thanks a lot for the video. all the best.
Great job, a pleasure to listen to you ✌️ you are a very fresh air for me...
You are a great human being and a cute woman 😊
You see, Elizabeth, how books can make us progress and evolve spirituality and mentally?
It's not just a mental progress by reading or gaining a vaste knowledge or culture, it is firstly a progress of the SPIRIT!
Man apart from falling in love with that beautiful face, I keep falling in love with the amazing content in most of the videos. I can relate so much to the point of making friends through books. I also relate to and enjoy interacting with people through podcasts and interviews. You get to experience people through media which is amazing.
Filips, your video proves that books give us incredible smile too. Keep it up!!
I loved your take on books. I worked for a wine critic's family in Paris for a few months, and the critic taught me how a "reading" of wine might amplify the sensual pleasure of the wine. Indeed this is true of everything we sense and consume. If everything we sense and experience was reduced to basic reception then our world would be very grey.
Your videos are gems.. Thank you for making these kind of videos💕
I don't know about the first thing you said, but for me, reading books made me feel isolated. I mean, when I start knowing things I just feel, I don't know, alone? But it do changed the way I see things. Even as to how I see people. It's just that, it kind of made me sad about the world.
I loved this 📚 video Elizabeth! I would also be curious to see a video on some of your favorite titles in various categories! As I’d also, if you f had Ave sort of like a reading routine or are more intuitive with it 🙏 😊
this video turned on my switch and were the most productive 7 mins of my life
0:03 I feel ya sister 😭😭
Reading Valuable Books is Real Treasure.
Thanks Elizabeth
Gosh, why have I only found you and this channel now, and not 38 years ago? ;-)
The day we start contemplating books as persons, is the day we start discovering new ways to put away half of major life problems. Hope this video puts people on an auto-didactic odyssey.
This just made my day. Big love for this.
Those are actually really good tips, thanks elizabeth!
Totally agree Liz. Books have enriched my life immeasurably.
"Don't Believe Everything you think" 💯🙌🏻
Author's/characters I read and re-read I talk about with their first name and occasionally a nickname (ie nietzsche is Freddy, William Shakespear is Willie the Shake, Alexander the Great is Big Al, Plato I call by his real name Mr. Aristocles)
You Asked for our struggles with reading; here it goes. For me I am very busy with my studies and my own personal research. I don't like to be tired so I go to bed early. I feel like I just do not have time to read as much as I would like. I am working on becoming a faster reader, there is that, and it hopefully will help.
Very impressive. I applaud you.
I don't know my brain, but reading 1000 books would change my pocket definetly.
Hii, so glad you are talking about your books again! Really love this kinds of videos nice my sweet heart
I m at 26 age . I was so depressed during preparation for competition exam ( by this exam you can get government job in india. After this exam cleared you can stay powerful life ,secure and reputation in society) besides breakup , no family support ,no focus on exam . I m lonely and very depressed
Then I started self book . Learn more ...since I started book reading it is help me get out from depression and also focus on exam.
Now I feel confident and more strong determination clearing for exam
I think book is the best friends of human ..its develop your thinking about the worst situation of life..always give support. ..no other human can not do it as same ways
Books save my life .,