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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
27 reviews
qteabeans's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Clear, concise, and generally non-judgemental. It tries to balance the idea that you can change your life but that you aren't a failure if your life doesn't look how you want. It looses out on being a top-tier read because it was clearly anti-fat and classist at many points.
Content Warnings
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, and Classism
jessi_c's review against another edition
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
Timely to tackle this audiobook while in the midst of a lifestyle change. Acquired new tools from this listen to assess my current habits and what I need to work on professionally and creatively. Very enlightening.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror and Blood
Minor: Medical content
mild/moderate trigger warning for anyone who has a phobia with eyes/eyeballsclaudia_moreira's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
audreyxine's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.0
This book gave amazing and simple advice. It is definitely going to make a change in my life and many others' as well. I especially loved the bit about changing the environment and approaching habits with a nonjudgmental attitude. I think these are great ideas and I'm very hopeful after reading this. I do have a couple nitpicky thoughts though:
You can tell the author is an athlete. There are lots of sports metaphors and references to losing weight. I was not a fan of how losing weight and restricting calories were always referred to as positive goals- it can be reductive and harmful to do this. While the simplicity of this book is a big strength, the world is not always so black and white.
You can tell the author is an athlete. There are lots of sports metaphors and references to losing weight. I was not a fan of how losing weight and restricting calories were always referred to as positive goals- it can be reductive and harmful to do this. While the simplicity of this book is a big strength, the world is not always so black and white.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail
abijoyceshaw's review
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Great book! Really adds a lot of value if you’re looking to optimize your life and rewire your behaviors. There’s a lot of information covered but Clear does a great job to provide additional resources and sum up key points. I believe it’s a worthwhile read for anyone!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
reading_leaf's review
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
Helpful tools but feels pretty Alistic yet so something to keep in mind. Still a worthy read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Injury/Injury detail
the_robyn's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
Enjoyed this book for the helpful advice on how to get rid of bad habits and replace them with new ones. Some ideas were genuinely new to me, and for what it's worth, the new-to-me tidbits have already helped me keep going on a positive habit that I've had troubles sticking with in the past. I found those parts very digestible and clear.
That said, there's a couple things I didn't love - the incessant self-promotion, where the author promotes his blog and newsletter in what feels like every chapter (and they're short). I also didn't love his insistence on how missing a habit twice is apparently a complete disaster!? Anyone with a chronic condition, or, I guess, simply a life where sometimes your days don't all look the same, can attest, this doesn't always work, as much as you want it to. If your bike has a flat or your car breaks down on your way to the gym, or your kid's sick or you're sick or a family member needs help, I'd venture most people would prioritize helping with / fixing those things rather than adamantly trucking on with their habits because a guy said so in a book, or that's how you get to be "successful". a) life happens, and b) not everyone has the freedom to design every single one of their days around a very specific routine they can lay out for themselves.
Oh and, for the love of everything holy, DO NOT give your passwords to other people so they can "reset them for you every week" to hold you accountable. How anybody comes up with a suggestion like that is beyond me.
Also steer clear of at the very least the intro chapter if you don't like to read about injury/medical details, since there was a fair bit of that in there.
That said, there's a couple things I didn't love - the incessant self-promotion, where the author promotes his blog and newsletter in what feels like every chapter (and they're short). I also didn't love his insistence on how missing a habit twice is apparently a complete disaster!? Anyone with a chronic condition, or, I guess, simply a life where sometimes your days don't all look the same, can attest, this doesn't always work, as much as you want it to. If your bike has a flat or your car breaks down on your way to the gym, or your kid's sick or you're sick or a family member needs help, I'd venture most people would prioritize helping with / fixing those things rather than adamantly trucking on with their habits because a guy said so in a book, or that's how you get to be "successful". a) life happens, and b) not everyone has the freedom to design every single one of their days around a very specific routine they can lay out for themselves.
Oh and, for the love of everything holy, DO NOT give your passwords to other people so they can "reset them for you every week" to hold you accountable. How anybody comes up with a suggestion like that is beyond me.
Also steer clear of at the very least the intro chapter if you don't like to read about injury/medical details, since there was a fair bit of that in there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Addiction, Body horror, and Eating disorder
sevensableyes's review
informative
medium-paced
4.5
If you're struggling with habits, this is the book to grab. After reading, I looked up a YouTube video discussing the main points of this book, which has made it easier to review and apply it to my own habits.
The writing is easy to follow, it's repetitve (as most self-help books are) but it doesn't feel boring.
The main point that stuck with me: "just show up". I find myself repeating that phrase whenever I need to start a task I have no energy for. It's a small thing, but it's really helpful.
I'm looking forward to revisiting this in this book and taking more notes.
The writing is easy to follow, it's repetitve (as most self-help books are) but it doesn't feel boring.
The main point that stuck with me: "just show up". I find myself repeating that phrase whenever I need to start a task I have no energy for. It's a small thing, but it's really helpful.
I'm looking forward to revisiting this in this book and taking more notes.
Content Warnings
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content
Content warning only applies to the introduction.katievh's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism and Fatphobia
caro9's review
medium-paced
3.75
Interesting in many ways, however, some of the issues around body image are terrifying in practice. I do think a lot of the messaging works on other things, but it misses the mark on others. A lot of the tips clearly focus on the male experience, so as a female reader I found myself rolling my eyes at motivations and anecdotes. There are many sweeping judgements about needing to hide your phone from yourself, and I think that too comes from privilege. Overall, there’s some interesting stuff in here, but the judgements and situations explored in the book needed more diversity and thought.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Fatphobia