even if you don't like reading like i used to i still recommend you to watch this video or at
least watch the very end where i share with you my conclusion hi guys welcome to the channel my name
is hannah on this channel i document and share what i've learned on my self-development journey
and hopefully you'll find something useful that can improve your life also all right let's get
into it the topic of the video today is whether the kindle paperwhite's worth it if you want the
short version it is a yes but then you could have got that answer from a lot of the videos
on youtube so now that you are here i assume or i hope that you're here because you want to hear my
story so i grew up in vietnam and i only came to australia when i was 18 for university so i
didn't really have to speak or read in english as much until then so for me i associated reading in
english with textbooks and university and how i always fell asleep every time i try to read
then in 2017 somehow i started reading this book called lean in by cheryl sandberg and that was the
first time i read a book from cover to cover just out of my own interest and that's when i decided
to buy my first kindle even after i bought the kindle my reading journey didn't really kick off
until 2020 you know the pandemic and i had more time on hand so i decided to buy more books on my
kindle and that was game changing so here are the things that makes reading on a kindle paperwhite
more fun first of all kindle has many features that make reading a lot easier but i think all
of the kindle features will deserve another video for me the best feature is the built-in dictionary
as i said earlier as a non-native english speaker words that i don't know are endless
so i remember when i was younger and trying to learn english every time i stumbled upon a new
word which was very often i had to look up the words in a physical dictionary book now with all
of the technology i don't think anyone that still have a dictionary or maybe anyways kindle let me
search the word while i read that way i still can just stay focused in the book and still expand my
vocabulary secondly kindle reduces the friction of reading it is portable and you can really take it
anywhere with you it is also waterproof so you can read it underwater if you want to not that
i recommend you to but that's an option and you know sometimes it's really hard to read on your
phone when you're outdoor even you already bumped the brightness to full so kindle is anti-glare
you don't have to deal with that problem or worry about that problem my favorite place to read is in
bed so kindle is backlit it allows you to read in the dark so at night instead of scrolling through
my phone or instagram i read instead so that way i can you know feed my mind with new ideas
and also it helps me sleep faster so that's a bonus thirdly kindle allows you to highlight text
and add notes i don't know if this ever happened to you but i remember when i used to finish a book
and my boyfriend asked me what the book was about i seriously could not remember now what i would do
is i would go through the notes section and i'll start re-reading all of the highlighted text and
my notes and this will trigger why the book or certain passages in the book really resonated with
me and you can refer to these notes anytime in the future when you want to without rereading the
whole book and i think this is probably the second best feature for me after the built-in dictionary
thirdly you can import pdf into kindle i don't know if many people are aware of this feature but
it is actually a really good feature given that there's so many free resources online
and also there's free ebooks on amazon as well so you can really start reading a lot
of stuff for free if you want to so overall i think getting a kindle paperwhite is worth it
and i strongly recommend it for everyone it helps me improve my english i can take it with me on the
trip if i want to or anywhere really and kindle reduces the friction of reading that makes me want
to read a lot more and the more i read the more i get to encounter new ideas and inspirations and to
me that's the most important benefit of getting a kindle anyways if you think that this video gives
you some clarity don't forget to slap the like button and i'll see you guys in the next video bye