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A review by dirtyseagull
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
2.0
I hardly found this helpful or interesting to me, its all regurgitated strategies that you learn in school or through organized sports but with a hard emphasis on committing to the practice of habitual behaviors. There are some helpful insights occasionally, but its not reinvesting the wheel here.
I basically almost fell asleep listening to it as well, and even though I do have the physical edition of it, that was so boring that I opted for the Audio Book for my commute because it was so dry.
Someone else (whom I cannot recall their name at this time) said once that they were tired of this narrative that we push about self improvement and always innovating on our own processes, to build the best versions of ourselves every single day. And I am too in a way, which probably affects my view of this book since that is the whole point here, but man can't we take a step back and think about making changes every once in a while instead of pushing this narrative that we are never good enough?
I can't think of the last time it felt good to me to always think of myself as lesser than what I could be tomorrow, and while sometimes that growth path is a good motivator, it doesn't really do you any good to always think of yourself as a work in progress that needs to be fixed. You can just also be happy with who you are, and also decide that you can change things about yourself if you want, without being mediocre or somehow look down on yourself.
I want to give this one another chance, but I don't really think its worth it, maybe one day I will change my mind.
I basically almost fell asleep listening to it as well, and even though I do have the physical edition of it, that was so boring that I opted for the Audio Book for my commute because it was so dry.
Someone else (whom I cannot recall their name at this time) said once that they were tired of this narrative that we push about self improvement and always innovating on our own processes, to build the best versions of ourselves every single day. And I am too in a way, which probably affects my view of this book since that is the whole point here, but man can't we take a step back and think about making changes every once in a while instead of pushing this narrative that we are never good enough?
I can't think of the last time it felt good to me to always think of myself as lesser than what I could be tomorrow, and while sometimes that growth path is a good motivator, it doesn't really do you any good to always think of yourself as a work in progress that needs to be fixed. You can just also be happy with who you are, and also decide that you can change things about yourself if you want, without being mediocre or somehow look down on yourself.
I want to give this one another chance, but I don't really think its worth it, maybe one day I will change my mind.