Not for long, and not for everything. But for a minute? Yeah.
Six minutes.
That’s all it takes a day to reduce stress by 68%, according to a 2009 study by the University of Sussex.
I was skeptical. How could six minutes of reading really make a dent in the stress I was carrying? But the number stuck with me. And then one night, caught between spiraling and doom scrolling, I reached for a book instead.
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