I saw a recommendation for this book and as a fairly anxious person, I thought it would be helpful. And wow, it has taken me so long to write this review, not because I was procrastinating, but essentially because I read the book twice – once where I read the book (where I made a… Read More Book Review: Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Alyn Brewer
There are his & hers cups, his & hers sinks, and now… his & hers books! I can’t remember when I got these, but I was looking through my books and realised that I have these two! The Lost Art of Being a Lady and The Lost Art of Being a Gentleman are two very… Read More Two Book Reviews: The Lost Art of Being a Lady/Gentleman
I first heard about How to Change when The Indicator podcast re-published their episode on “How to keep your New Year’s resolutions“. It sounded helpful and since I wanted to take advantage of the ‘fresh start’ effect that January provides, I decided to read it ASAP (it may or may not be important to note… Read More Book Review: How to Change by Katy Milkman
I heard about this book from Sumedha over at The Wordy Habitat and since it’s the new year, I thought this would be a good book to help me make the most of 2023. Simply put, Building a Second Brain is a book on how to make the most use of the information we encounter… Read More Book Review: Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
A friend of mine talked about this book and it sounded interesting so I decided to check it out! There Is No Good Card For This is a book about how we can respond (and why we should respond) when someone we know meets terrible circumstances. The book is divided into three parts: why we… Read More Book Review: There Is No Good Card For This by Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell
You know how people say never to judge a book by its cover? I totally judged this book by this cover. I borrowed The Art of Making Memories because I thought it looked pretty and expected a short, light read on how to capture memories. And while the tone of the book was as light… Read More Book Review: The Art of Making Memories by Meik Wiking
It’s always interesting when a part of Japanese culture (that isn’t anime or manga) becomes really popular across the world. When I was job hunting in my last year of university, I heard the term “やりがい (yarigai)” so many times! And as it turns out, yarigai (which can be translated as “the motivation to work”… Read More Book Review: The Little Book of Ikigai by Ken Mogi
So… I know that I’ve read this (all the way back in 2013). But a friend of a friend was giving away books and when I saw this in the stack, I remembered that I fairly enjoyed it my first round and asked if I could give this and one other book a new home.… Read More Rereading: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin