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You Are a Global Citizen: A Guided Journal for the Culturally Curious
Damon Dominique
3.42 AVERAGE
22 reviews for:
You Are a Global Citizen: A Guided Journal for the Culturally Curious
Damon Dominique
3.42 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Mixed feelings about this one: I feel like people that follow Damon on Youtube, like me, are probably not the right audience for this.
If you travelled a lot, lived abroad and/or were brought up in a culturally diverse household/community I feel like a lot of the questions being asked in this book were somewhat redundant. I expected a book with more input from his own experiences rather than a generalized travel guide with some bits and pieces of his travels.
However, I do think it could be valuable to people who are simply not that aware of cultural differences and barriers but then again... Why would they be interested in picking up a book like this anyways?
This book did add some new interesting conversation starters on my list so I will definitely use them to get to know new people and their outlook on life
If you travelled a lot, lived abroad and/or were brought up in a culturally diverse household/community I feel like a lot of the questions being asked in this book were somewhat redundant. I expected a book with more input from his own experiences rather than a generalized travel guide with some bits and pieces of his travels.
However, I do think it could be valuable to people who are simply not that aware of cultural differences and barriers but then again... Why would they be interested in picking up a book like this anyways?
This book did add some new interesting conversation starters on my list so I will definitely use them to get to know new people and their outlook on life
Im thinking of this one as a journal prompt book. It made me write, which I liked. But this might be a very useful workbook for people who have only spent time in the country/city where they were born. If you have moved, traveled or have friends from different cultures this might not cut it.
reflective
fast-paced
here’s the thing. this book didn’t reveal a lot to me that i didn’t already know, or think of. however, i don’t think that makes it a bad book/guided journal. i think for a LOT of people, americans especially, this could be a real eye opener. for damon’s audience, i think we’re already there. still never a bad idea to reflect on your culture and identity, even if they’re things you may already know, though. would like to see him write another book about his travels, because the intermittent blurbs about his experiences were the best part of the book/journal imo
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Read this and discussed with a friend from a different country. While the book wasn’t what I was expecting, it made for a good entry point for discussions that I found very meaningful.
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Just after the introduction, I realized I was not the target audience for this. If anything, I think Damon wrote this for his inner child, and for all the kids in the middle of nowhere that require a bit of wanderlust to AT LEAST get to the coasts of America.
I love Damon! Always have. Followed him from his days in LA, to France, and now to all the places he goes. And I like the guy because he actually takes the time in learning the language outside of all these travel youtubers who frame their narratives as "Living in So-and-So Place" or "So-and-So Diaries" and y'all, let's be real, that isn't living! Renting out an Airbnb for one or two months isn't living! It's, simply, tourism!!! But also, shameless plug, I've got a youtube channel come pull thru hehe.
But I was disappointed in this because the wine chats that I've enjoyed doesn't hit home in the writing. Perhaps writing isn't his craft and that's fine. He's a man of words, honest words, but best presented in his Ted-Talk kind of way. It's the presentation, the performance, the gesticulation in hand gestures that we best know him for.
But wine-chat questions here were lackluster. I've noted a few here that actually made me think twice about my own life:
- "𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘻𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘴."
- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥?"
- "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳?"
But even the content is lackluster. And I think because Damon was writing for the middle of America. And even then, I'm not sure those in the middle of America want/need globalization. Because it's culture that isn't culture for them. And I wonder how this bridge can be made.
If there's one thing I'll be taking home with me, it's this:
"𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰?” 𝘢𝘴𝘬, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?”
It's a good date question. Offers an opening, one more generous than the frame we've asked it in. Let's be real, Damon is so smart and sexy for this very question.
brb gonna use this ? on my next tinder date
I love Damon! Always have. Followed him from his days in LA, to France, and now to all the places he goes. And I like the guy because he actually takes the time in learning the language outside of all these travel youtubers who frame their narratives as "Living in So-and-So Place" or "So-and-So Diaries" and y'all, let's be real, that isn't living! Renting out an Airbnb for one or two months isn't living! It's, simply, tourism!!! But also, shameless plug, I've got a youtube channel come pull thru hehe.
But I was disappointed in this because the wine chats that I've enjoyed doesn't hit home in the writing. Perhaps writing isn't his craft and that's fine. He's a man of words, honest words, but best presented in his Ted-Talk kind of way. It's the presentation, the performance, the gesticulation in hand gestures that we best know him for.
But wine-chat questions here were lackluster. I've noted a few here that actually made me think twice about my own life:
- "𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘻𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘴."
- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥?"
- "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳?"
But even the content is lackluster. And I think because Damon was writing for the middle of America. And even then, I'm not sure those in the middle of America want/need globalization. Because it's culture that isn't culture for them. And I wonder how this bridge can be made.
If there's one thing I'll be taking home with me, it's this:
"𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰?” 𝘢𝘴𝘬, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?”
It's a good date question. Offers an opening, one more generous than the frame we've asked it in. Let's be real, Damon is so smart and sexy for this very question.
brb gonna use this ? on my next tinder date
Damon Dominique is one of my absolute favorite YouTubers. His openness to other cultures and languages and his sense of humor is something I already appreciated on his old YouTube channel (shared with a co-host) “Shut Up And Go”. Because of him I was so excited to go see the world and to just shut up and go by myself. Because why not.
Now, after years of watching Damon become more and more philosophical and questioning life I was super stoked when I heard he was writing a book. Or better said a guided journal.
“You Are A Global Citizen” is a book you can use as a diary while traveling or just while reflecting your own and other people’s cultures. Each chapter has a few pages of Damon’s thoughts on said topic and then is followed by lots of questions that you can answer. I didn’t write anything down in this book as I personally really don’t like doing that. But I thought about lots of the questions and most of them really made me think back to past travel experiences, my childhood and what beliefs I grew up with. Which is awesome!
I just hoped to get much more of Damon’s funny stories that he likes to share online. Unfortunately there were only about 3 or 4 in the whole book (as far as I can remember) But I guess that’s why Damon has a YouTune channel! He talks about him and his experiences there and this book is more about getting to know ourselves. I was just missing a bit of his humor and style I see online while reading this. But over in all, I enjoyed it a lot and might be using the questions for future travels. 4/5 stars
Now, after years of watching Damon become more and more philosophical and questioning life I was super stoked when I heard he was writing a book. Or better said a guided journal.
“You Are A Global Citizen” is a book you can use as a diary while traveling or just while reflecting your own and other people’s cultures. Each chapter has a few pages of Damon’s thoughts on said topic and then is followed by lots of questions that you can answer. I didn’t write anything down in this book as I personally really don’t like doing that. But I thought about lots of the questions and most of them really made me think back to past travel experiences, my childhood and what beliefs I grew up with. Which is awesome!
I just hoped to get much more of Damon’s funny stories that he likes to share online. Unfortunately there were only about 3 or 4 in the whole book (as far as I can remember) But I guess that’s why Damon has a YouTune channel! He talks about him and his experiences there and this book is more about getting to know ourselves. I was just missing a bit of his humor and style I see online while reading this. But over in all, I enjoyed it a lot and might be using the questions for future travels. 4/5 stars