I never imagined I would be a self-proclaimed “Mom turned CEO.” Growing up, I wasn’t raised to dream big. I envisioned my future as a stay-at-home mom with a big family, only slightly entertaining thoughts of being a Kindergarten teacher. Things didn't pan out how I imagined. At age 22, I gave birth to my first son and  stayed at home for four months: cleaning the house, doing dishes, and washing clothes repeatedly. This reality left me unfulfilled. Of course, I absolutely love both my son and motherhood; however, I felt the need to search for something greater. 

Reading is a pastime now hundreds of years old, and it has firmly cemented its place as one of the most all-round beneficial hobbies to have. Research profiled by the Reader’s Digest shows how reading can make you happy and enhance cognitive ability, but make you live longer, too—people who read for just 30 minutes a day lived up to 2 years longer than their peers.