How to love the wind Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos: you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind I first picked… Read More ›
books
Choose Yourself ~ James Altucher
James Altucher’s Choose Yourself is a loose, rambly piece of work, a book only in its physical form. I like to think of it is more as a collection of aphorisms by someone who has been on the path–sometimes choosing… Read More ›
Pivot ~ Jenny Blake
Where was this book when I needed it??? Pivot is a book about making a change in your life–in your job, in your career, in your calling. It’s about reassessing your choices, your path, and putting key structures in place… Read More ›
Midlife Hack: Self-help books
So I’ve been trying to find the perfect midlife book. Why? Because reading is how I midlife crisis, okay? Right, so . . . Where was I? Yes, the perfect midlife book. I could just end this post now and… Read More ›
Midlife Hack: Self-Help Books
So I’ve been trying to find the perfect midlife book. Why? Because reading is how I midlife crisis, okay? Right, so . . . Where was I? Yes, the perfect midlife book. I could just end this post now… Read More ›
Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
It’s only March, and already I know this will be the best book I read all year. The first inkling I had, was that I wanted to linger, to slow time down. Ordinarily, I read books in big bites, devour… Read More ›
Big Magic ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
I really did not want to read this book. I mean the author wrote Eat, Pray, Love for crying out loud! No, I did not actually read that book, but they made a movie out of it and cast Julia Roberts… Read More ›
Euphoria ~ Lily King
I came to this book by way of Margaret Mead. As a young (delusional) wannabe Anthropology major, I was captivated by the rather colorful women (Goodall being another) in a field that, in the early 20th century, was dominated by… Read More ›
Reading Challenge 2015
This year, I set myself the goal of reading 60 books, and I’m happy to report that I met the challenge! I also took on the fun Popsugar challenge to see how many of the following categories I could meet…. Read More ›
Still Life with Bread Crumbs ~ Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen is like an urban Marilyn Robinson. She draws a small life using simple language (just more words per minute) that makes you want to linger rather than rush through to the end. I know when I sit down… Read More ›