Some Kind of Ride: Stories & Drawings For Making Sense of It All
I keep a copy of this in my office waiting room. I love Brian Andreas’ words: “feels like / some kind of ride / but it’s turning out / just to be life / going absolutely perfectly”
More info →
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerNamed a Hot Fall Read by USA Today, Vanity Fair, Newsday, O Magazine, the Seattle Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Mashable, Pop Sugar, and the San Antonio Express-NewsNamed a Best Book of the Year by Brainpickings and Book Riot"A must read for anyone hoping...
More info →
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
Gretchen Rubin is a young professional woman, wife and mother, who was aware that she was blessed in her life and thought she should feel more happy more often. In search of that, she studied happiness through the ages, and set monthly goals in her own life. Her book tells the story of her personal project, along with the research she did along the way. She inspired me to follow many of her leads and to think about all of them.
More info →
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
This is a lovely day book that I discovered over a decade ago. I read it daily for a long time and always felt touched by what I read. Recently I rediscovered it on the book shelf, and while I don’t pick it up every day, I do start the day with it often for the same reasons I read it long ago: it reminds me of my best possible self.
More info →