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Really motivating. This book helped me realize that I do still want to pursue design. It taught me how to “prototype” my ideal life and gave me the tools and confidence to go for it. Everyone should read this book, I recommend it especially to those who are questioning their life’s purpose or are wondering what they actually want in life. This book really transformed my views, and I hope that after following its advice for a bit, I would transform my life into one that I love and enjoy.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Listened to this book which has some interesting approach to "design your life". It provides useful framework to navigate decisions, prioritization and helping you feel in control. I particularly liked the idea to "test" changes before making drastic decisions. Sometimes things look appealing from the outside but getting a closer understanding of the different sides in a low stake context can be helpful.
adventurous
informative
reflective
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I got this book because I was professionally stuck in a rut and felt there was no way out or alternative path.
Very well done, it felt like coursework, but fun.
I enjoyed many of the exercises and found some others very challenging but still a precious thought exercise. It gave me back some of my confidence and helped with a lot of anxiety about the future.
Very well done, it felt like coursework, but fun.
I enjoyed many of the exercises and found some others very challenging but still a precious thought exercise. It gave me back some of my confidence and helped with a lot of anxiety about the future.
I did a few of the exercises but stopped around ch. 6
Really easy to digest, but lots to process. Going to be making a couple of photocopies of the first couple chapters for reference. And, I wrote about a 20 page philosophic manifesto about my workview and lifeview which may add some clarity to my underlying existential crisis (or - just scare off people around me with my patented intensity).
I did find some of this helpful in organizing and sorting out my general ennui right now, though last half really focused on career as part of "happiness", which I was a bit disappointed by. I'm looking for clarity in a holistic sense, not just in how my work-life can support happiness (to be fair, this is a major component of my malaise but isn't what I have identified on my dashboard as being the most critical area of improvement).
10+ years ago I drafted my first life plan, but that was under a fiscal framework. Now as I revisit it, I want to take a philosophical approach. I do think that this book's exercises will help in sifting through those larger questions, but it's not explicitly stated in the text here.
I did find some of this helpful in organizing and sorting out my general ennui right now, though last half really focused on career as part of "happiness", which I was a bit disappointed by. I'm looking for clarity in a holistic sense, not just in how my work-life can support happiness (to be fair, this is a major component of my malaise but isn't what I have identified on my dashboard as being the most critical area of improvement).
10+ years ago I drafted my first life plan, but that was under a fiscal framework. Now as I revisit it, I want to take a philosophical approach. I do think that this book's exercises will help in sifting through those larger questions, but it's not explicitly stated in the text here.
informative
inspiring
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hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Liked it! I found the exercises helpful and their insistence on collaboration and community when designing your life important if a little hard to implement (as a functional hermit).
I took half a point off because I would have like them to make clearer that this is a toolbox and not necessarily a do everything in this book step by step guide. That lead to me having to remind myself of that fact throughout the book.
I took half a point off because I would have like them to make clearer that this is a toolbox and not necessarily a do everything in this book step by step guide. That lead to me having to remind myself of that fact throughout the book.
This was really insightful. I plan to go back through the chapter exercises since I couldn’t do them while driving. A unique approach to finding the intersection between doing what you love, are good at, and the world needs.