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The Big One
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items I'm starting a mega list. I'm not quite sure how to describe it other than it is going to have books, ideas and maybe stuff. Maybe it is my life right now, my brain just now. A snap shot of all the different threads that make up my current existence.
Page 11? How am I only on page 11? It's been an hour! For context I usually read at turbo speed but this book had so many insights in just the first few pages that I found myself stopping to write stuff down or think about what I had just read. This ...
Flourishing: How to achieve a deeper sense of well-being and purpose in ...
This book is beautifully simple. It illustrates life on the Hebridean island of Oransay using words and pictures. It doesn't tell you what to do or where to go. The book flows. Even if you have little to no interest in birds, this book is worth it fo...
Wild Island: A Year in the Hebrides by Jane Smith, Paperback
I generally take sleep problems for granted. I've always had trouble falling asleep, mostly because I go to bed to stop the world not because I'm tired. When I was a carer, I slept with my ears open and usually had to get up in the depths of the dark...
Teach Yourself to Sleep: An ex-insomniac's guide by Kate Mikhail
Very clear, very simple. And it is making it onto this list because I am now applying the principles to all the areas of my life. There will be a one page plan (at some stage, there are glaciers that move faster than me) to give me an at a glance con...
The One-Page Financial Plan: Simple Money Guide
They have this app at my local art gallery and I never really paid much attention to it. But where I live is small. And for the most part I like it that way. But there aren't a lot of places to go or things to do. Particularly on the cultural side of...
Bloomberg Connects
So today there were many variables to account for. And things very quickly went to hell in a hand basket. The overwhelm was real. Thankfully I knew this was happening (ok after I knew what it was) and so I didn't beat myself up about it. It's definit...
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Take one stressed out four year old. One emotionally stunted aunt. And emotionally stunted parents. And grandmother. Add a ton of demands. And some fire alarms. Is that a recipe for success? Em no. I don't really enjoy books of rules that say follow ...
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett ...
Hard to hear but worth it.
Necessary Endings: Employees, Businesses, Relationships
Dave Ramsey can be a tad on the extreme side but this is an enjoyable book nonetheless.
Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary Built Wealth
There are times in your life when you feel trapped. Stuck in the mire of your problems, your mistakes, the experiences you wouldn;t change but that landed you in hot water… The way out of the swamp is to choose. And this book provides a framework for...
Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find ...
There is a values exercise in this book that really hit home for me. I've taken it to use in my every day decision making and it has been really helpful.
Wendy Kerr - My New Business (2nd Hand Softback)
I avoided getting this for the longest time. Honestly because he can be quite annoying. But I got it on audiobook and the prologue hit me with the line ‘making hard work feel good’. Honestly it is the most obvious insight but it just hit home.
Feel-Good Productivity By Ali Abdaal
I really enjoy Oliver Sacks' writing style. I hadn't heard of this book and was pleasantly surprised. It is part case study as you would expect but also memoir/travelogue. Which is really interesting especially as I am unlikely to visit any of these ...
The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks