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trudiz's review
5.0
This book is like a meandering, cyclical, insistent conversation with a very wise friend who loves you very very much. I loved it.
allybrisbin's review
4.0
I enjoyed reading this, but I couldn't really say what my main takeaway is from it. It felt kind of like stream of consciousness, which I enjoy reading. I could imagine a workbook companion to this, or maybe if it was edited for the exercises to be a little bit more consistent and called out as activities for the reader to engage with. I only really used my notebook once, at the beginning, when the writing was more instructive about making certain lists. I'd recommend this if you're on an intentional self-discovery journey and identify as a "creative".
alybcan's review
5.0
I would give this book 10 stars if I could. An incredibly helpful collection of reflections and observations that help develop a practice for blocking out noise and reconnecting to priorities.
abigaiillamb's review against another edition
4.0
I adored this book. I had a much easier time with it than "How to Not Always be Working" perhaps because since 2020 I have moved so far away from my center that I am looking around like, what even is that?
This was self-help ish without being TOO preachy. I think maybe with any book around topics such as these, you can feel either comforted or maybe pushed too much. I felt comforted. I really enjoy simple writing that just makes me see that human beings are also going through a lot of the same struggles as I am.
She details different scenarios around which we may lose our center and ways to get back. I really, really enjoyed how she discussed being okay being alone whether you are partnered or not, and how intimacy (like most things) can help or hinder you.
She brought how up how falling in love came easily to her and that was really when she began to lose herself, and how she prepared moving on how she would experience the joy of falling in love while remembering everything is temporary (joy! grief! sadness! anger! that's what makes it so great!) I want to really remember that part for next time I enter into a relationship. And even take this into account with my friendships + familial relationships. See, it really works for all things.
I think when I get home I will be buying a permanent copy, I am happy this book found me when it did. I wanted to HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING and REMEMBER IT ALL. I love books like that.
This was self-help ish without being TOO preachy. I think maybe with any book around topics such as these, you can feel either comforted or maybe pushed too much. I felt comforted. I really enjoy simple writing that just makes me see that human beings are also going through a lot of the same struggles as I am.
She details different scenarios around which we may lose our center and ways to get back. I really, really enjoyed how she discussed being okay being alone whether you are partnered or not, and how intimacy (like most things) can help or hinder you.
She brought how up how falling in love came easily to her and that was really when she began to lose herself, and how she prepared moving on how she would experience the joy of falling in love while remembering everything is temporary (joy! grief! sadness! anger! that's what makes it so great!) I want to really remember that part for next time I enter into a relationship. And even take this into account with my friendships + familial relationships. See, it really works for all things.
I think when I get home I will be buying a permanent copy, I am happy this book found me when it did. I wanted to HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING and REMEMBER IT ALL. I love books like that.
max_lilly's review
2.0
I felt like the book was all over the place. It was, at the same time, too specific and not specific enough.
bagglebones's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
rachael_kett's review
3.0
This book was just ok - there were some nice things in it that were helpful but overall the way she wrote was a little too much for me, like it got goofy. I could tell right off the bat that she read “The Artist’s Way” (a book I didn’t finish but might someday) because she used some of that terminology. Like others said it was kind of unorganized and rambling.