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Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life
by Gisele Bündchen
This book was recommended to me by my mother, who thought the themes present in it would be of great use. I had always thought of Gisele Bundchen as this famous woman who people aspired to be: even I, as a 6-year-old, also thought of becoming a model just like her. Nevertheless, her writing showed me more than Gisele, the model. Gisele is much more than what one sees in the runway: she is a mother, an environmentalist, a mental health advocate, a sister, a daughter. By using a diary-format for her autobiography, one can feel as they are reliving her memories with her, experiencing her thoughts and feelings through every step of Gisele's life.
Initially, I was not excited about having to read a non-fiction book of someone so young as Bundchen. I don't read non-fiction often and I particularly dislike autobiographies. However, bit by bit, her story and her living made me reflect on her story and my life as well. I also had to live by myself at such a young age and, seeing her way of dealing with various challenges of life reminded me of my own experiences. Her reflection on her mental health also hit close to home and helped me consider different approaches to the manner in which I deal with my own anxiety. Of course, there are parts of her life I had never experienced (like being a mother), but her reflections on its importance have helped shape my thoughts and feelings about the subject.
This book has helped me reflect on my life in general in several depths (on a shallow perspective, I am just thinking of the hummus I will have today for lunch because she kept talking about her delicious hummus throughout the book and I am easily influenced, especially when it is food-related). I now perceive how the life of a “celebrity” can be just as normal as everyone else's and the challenges and questions she raised throughout her modeling life. I recommend this book to all of you who are just as young as I am and are in need of some life reflections during this quarantine.
Initially, I was not excited about having to read a non-fiction book of someone so young as Bundchen. I don't read non-fiction often and I particularly dislike autobiographies. However, bit by bit, her story and her living made me reflect on her story and my life as well. I also had to live by myself at such a young age and, seeing her way of dealing with various challenges of life reminded me of my own experiences. Her reflection on her mental health also hit close to home and helped me consider different approaches to the manner in which I deal with my own anxiety. Of course, there are parts of her life I had never experienced (like being a mother), but her reflections on its importance have helped shape my thoughts and feelings about the subject.
This book has helped me reflect on my life in general in several depths (on a shallow perspective, I am just thinking of the hummus I will have today for lunch because she kept talking about her delicious hummus throughout the book and I am easily influenced, especially when it is food-related). I now perceive how the life of a “celebrity” can be just as normal as everyone else's and the challenges and questions she raised throughout her modeling life. I recommend this book to all of you who are just as young as I am and are in need of some life reflections during this quarantine.