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The book in 3 sentences/summary:
Do what you love and you’ll be happy
Follow the 8 freedom keys to achieve this
Take chances and follow your passion
My impressions:
I’m not convinced by Freedom Seeker, as a book it falls flat in a few key areas.
It tries to tackle a very vague topic like freedom in so many different ways that it feels rushed, unorganised and lacking in substance.
The author frequently makes up words or phrases like ‘freedom keys’, ‘freedom seekers’ and ‘kindrovert’. By doing this, she removes you from the message or the lesson and makes it less convincing.
It reads as quite self-indulgent I’m sorry to say. She tells a lot of her own stories which take up perhaps 70-80% of the book. Leaving very little room for practice advice and actually just work to add more pages to the book.
I’m sad to say that Freedom Seeker was a disappointment. It’s filled with surface-level advice which fails to go deep into important topics and instead leaves you feeling no better off having read it.
Should you read it? (who would benefit from this):
I wouldn’t recommend this book to you unless you’re particularly interested in reading a few motivational stories and you’re not interested in the reality of those stories.
What I personally got from the book:
I got one piece of practical advice from the book which I will put into practice and that’s to create a ‘flight fund’. This fund, or pot of money, is something you add to over time and set aside on the off chance that one day, you might want to change tact completely and turn your life into something different. That fund would allow you to do it.
Do what you love and you’ll be happy
Follow the 8 freedom keys to achieve this
Take chances and follow your passion
My impressions:
I’m not convinced by Freedom Seeker, as a book it falls flat in a few key areas.
It tries to tackle a very vague topic like freedom in so many different ways that it feels rushed, unorganised and lacking in substance.
The author frequently makes up words or phrases like ‘freedom keys’, ‘freedom seekers’ and ‘kindrovert’. By doing this, she removes you from the message or the lesson and makes it less convincing.
It reads as quite self-indulgent I’m sorry to say. She tells a lot of her own stories which take up perhaps 70-80% of the book. Leaving very little room for practice advice and actually just work to add more pages to the book.
I’m sad to say that Freedom Seeker was a disappointment. It’s filled with surface-level advice which fails to go deep into important topics and instead leaves you feeling no better off having read it.
Should you read it? (who would benefit from this):
I wouldn’t recommend this book to you unless you’re particularly interested in reading a few motivational stories and you’re not interested in the reality of those stories.
What I personally got from the book:
I got one piece of practical advice from the book which I will put into practice and that’s to create a ‘flight fund’. This fund, or pot of money, is something you add to over time and set aside on the off chance that one day, you might want to change tact completely and turn your life into something different. That fund would allow you to do it.
the_robyn's review
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
An interesting read, albeit a little too general and optimistic for my liking. I don't think that just based on this book I am going to now quit my 9-to-5 and make radical changes to my way of life.
That said, I did find the book helpful in learning about ways of life that aren't a corporate dead-end job. And even for the time that you are still in that corporate dead-end job, the book has ideas on how to reclaim some freedom in your life on a daily basis.
An interesting read overall, but not life-changing.
That said, I did find the book helpful in learning about ways of life that aren't a corporate dead-end job. And even for the time that you are still in that corporate dead-end job, the book has ideas on how to reclaim some freedom in your life on a daily basis.
An interesting read overall, but not life-changing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Suicide, Cancer, Infertility, and Pregnancy
lifesbetterwithbooks's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
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