Sometimes, podcasts, Ted Talks, and TikTok’s stop providing us that inspiration and extra zest for life and we’ve got to fall back on good old literature to help us out. This year, I’m definitely hoping to read a lot more non-fiction and wanted to kickstart my year with these three reads:
There’s always something comforting about starting off the year by reading about creativity. I read this book a couple years ago and when I read it, I did find a lot of comfort in it though somethings did feel a bit too spiritual for me. Many creatives out there, writers, illustrators, and other artists reread this book every January and find something new from it with each read. Since I started exploring writing again at the end of last year, I really want to give this one a reread and see what I take out of it in my second pass through. If you’re looking for some words of inspiration and discussion on what creativity is, where to find it, and how to handle it once you’ve found it, this book is for you.
I haven’t ready any of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s works before but when I saw that he recently came out with a new book, I thought that I’d start there. There’s something magical about Space exploration in the way that it’s much of a mystery to us as the rest of the Earth was to those who lived centuries ago. No matter how many years, decades, and centuries will pass, there’s always going to be something we’ll never know about Space, and while the idea of that’s terrifying, I think it’s magical because humanity will never run out of questions and human minds will continue to work to learn and find comfort in existing on a tiny dot amongst a million others.
My life is a dumpster fire and I’ve been dealing with burn out since mid last year. Every time i think I’ve gotten over it, something happens that quickly reminds me that I’ve still got work to do. I know routine is one of the first steps in pulling me out of this rut and towards that level of productivity I once had and found comfort in. I’ve heard great things about James Clear’s works so I’m hoping to start this book when things quiet down a bit and I’ll have time to implement the lessons from the book.
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