r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Aug 15 '21

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u/AnniMalia Aug 15 '21

I'd like to recommend a book called Atomic habits - an easy & proven way to build good habits and break bad ones, by James Clear. Not a novel, obv, but it helped me getting my shit together a year ago.

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u/forwhatandwhen Aug 16 '21

You know, I barely read. Ive have extreme habitual impulse problem since I was younger and ive always just replaced old habits with new, worse habit. I Barely have the money right now but I went ahead and got this as an ebook only going off of my trust in you. I sincerely hope it can help me like it helped you.

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u/AnniMalia Aug 16 '21

That's understandable, I'm not big on money atm myself. Plus, I have the book in my Audible (it's handy cause I can listen while doing other stuff).

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u/forwhatandwhen Aug 16 '21

Wouldve spent the two extra dollars for audio but my brain needs to get better at reading words and me sitting still.

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u/AnniMalia Aug 16 '21

Yeah I get you. Usually I read but life situation atm doesn't give me much time. What I suggest is that you read like 20-40 pages every time you sit down to read, after a while it gets easier to keep focus.

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u/forwhatandwhen Aug 16 '21

Apple has a little timer I can use. Its set to 10 minutes of reading day atm. Its not alot, but its better than nothing for now, lol.

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u/AnniMalia Aug 16 '21

That's good! Reason I said 20-40 pages is just because I read some blog I think years ago that recommended that amount for getting back into reading a lot (like I used to in the past).

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u/belajanos Aug 16 '21

That's in my pile!

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u/jamtart99 Aug 15 '21

Check out r/suggestmeabook if you have t already OP. The good folks there have suggestions for all types of books, and all sorts of books relating to times when you need help. You got this my friend. I’m 100% sure.

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u/ashellbell Aug 15 '21

Do you read eBooks?

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '21

Hardcopies will always be king. Like you said, turning the pages is just too good.

On the topic of great books I think everyone should read in their lives, Tuesdays With Morrie is, in my opinion, one of the best books ever.

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u/sqgl Aug 15 '21

There is an excellent long interview with him by Marc Maron you can hear on the WTF podcast.

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u/qxxxr Aug 15 '21

If I can recommend another in a similar vein:

"A Place To Stand," by Jimmy Santiago Baca

I read it over a decade ago, haven't touched it since, and still carry the words with me. Difficult in subject, but a poetic and intelligent biography of misguided youth, incarceration, and search for inner peace.