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Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Volume 1 by Ren Eguchi
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The Contract by Melanie Moreland
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I listen to the story through the audiobook on audible. It was a fun experience listening to the story. The narrators were doing great. The story is quite engaging. It's not too fast pace, but it's not slow either. The pace was fine. It's a cliche, but it still works.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Some other parts that I found applicable to me are:
- Try to fall in love with the process, instead of the final result.
- Focus on what kind of person you want to be.
- If you want to pick up a new habit, you should embrace the identity of the person you want to be.
- Quantity could produce more results and have a bigger chance to show a better result in your craft than just focusing on refining one product.
- Redesign your life so the actions that matter the most are also the actions that are the easiest to do.
- Everyone has at least a few areas in which they could be in the top 25% with some effort — Scott Adams. By combining your skills, you reduce the level of competition, which makes it easier to stand out.
As for me, I have been struggling for years for:
- Being an author who finishes their stories and publishes them.
- Being an active and healthy person.
- Managing my personal finances.
I have been writing for more than 20 years. However, I hardly managed to finish my stories. I have only published about 4 books under my name and several stories online. If you consider how long I have been writing, that is quite a low number of achievements.
Every time I saw my group of friends publishing new books, I always thought, can I be like them? Be more productive and write more. I have a lot of stories in my idea banks, but I hardly put them into writing.
I knew all the suggestions from writing coaches and other authors about how I should not edit while writing my first draft. I have always kept them in mind. But in practice, I always somehow stop doing it after a while. Life, no inspiration, fear of the feedback from my readers, and many more reasons.
But the biggest hurdle IMO, is that I no longer have the habit of writing daily. I somehow lost that habit after I became an adult. I have been thinking about how my writing skills would become if I started writing daily again. Will I be able to finish more stories?
So, after reading this book and watching some other videos related to writing, I decided to start a challenge for myself. Why don't I start with a small, very easy goal, like writing a sentence or a paragraph a day? It's not hard, right?
If you are someone who has a hard time picking up a good habit, this book is quite inspiring to read and maybe you'll find the tips you can apply to your life.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This book has been in my TBR for a long time, but I only decided to finally pick it up and read it this year. In short, it was very inspiring. Surely, there were some boring moments during the read, but to me, it's the kind of book that you need to apply the moment you find something that fits your situation. I took a lot of notes from the book and made some reflections on it as well.
Some suggestions are nothing new to m,e as I have been doing that instinctively before I read this book. Something like, make it easy, make it obvious. It was something I always kept in mind whenever I tried to start something that should become a habit. Reason? I tended to choose the most complicated and hard action plan to do and ended up overwhelming myself with all the planning.
This book somehow reminded me again that starting small doesn't mean that progress is non-existent.
Some suggestions are nothing new to m,e as I have been doing that instinctively before I read this book. Something like, make it easy, make it obvious. It was something I always kept in mind whenever I tried to start something that should become a habit. Reason? I tended to choose the most complicated and hard action plan to do and ended up overwhelming myself with all the planning.
This book somehow reminded me again that starting small doesn't mean that progress is non-existent.
If you try to be better even if it's just 1% every day, you'll see a significant change when you do everything all together.
Some other parts that I found applicable to me are:
- Try to fall in love with the process, instead of the final result.
- Focus on what kind of person you want to be.
- If you want to pick up a new habit, you should embrace the identity of the person you want to be.
- Quantity could produce more results and have a bigger chance to show a better result in your craft than just focusing on refining one product.
- Redesign your life so the actions that matter the most are also the actions that are the easiest to do.
- Everyone has at least a few areas in which they could be in the top 25% with some effort — Scott Adams. By combining your skills, you reduce the level of competition, which makes it easier to stand out.
A good player works hard to win in the game everyone else is playing, but a great player creates a new game that favors their strengths and avoids their weakness.
As for me, I have been struggling for years for:
- Being an author who finishes their stories and publishes them.
- Being an active and healthy person.
- Managing my personal finances.
I have been writing for more than 20 years. However, I hardly managed to finish my stories. I have only published about 4 books under my name and several stories online. If you consider how long I have been writing, that is quite a low number of achievements.
Every time I saw my group of friends publishing new books, I always thought, can I be like them? Be more productive and write more. I have a lot of stories in my idea banks, but I hardly put them into writing.
I knew all the suggestions from writing coaches and other authors about how I should not edit while writing my first draft. I have always kept them in mind. But in practice, I always somehow stop doing it after a while. Life, no inspiration, fear of the feedback from my readers, and many more reasons.
But the biggest hurdle IMO, is that I no longer have the habit of writing daily. I somehow lost that habit after I became an adult. I have been thinking about how my writing skills would become if I started writing daily again. Will I be able to finish more stories?
So, after reading this book and watching some other videos related to writing, I decided to start a challenge for myself. Why don't I start with a small, very easy goal, like writing a sentence or a paragraph a day? It's not hard, right?
If you are someone who has a hard time picking up a good habit, this book is quite inspiring to read and maybe you'll find the tips you can apply to your life.
The better we understand our nature, the better our strategy can be.
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0