10 Books From Which I Learned The Most in 2022

Human beings are completely, utterly, and remarkably flawed. The stories we tell ourselves are bullshit, but also necessary to get through our challenging lives.

Sarah Blondin is one of my favorite meditation teachers on InsightTimer. In the book, she instructs us to learn to let our hearts guide our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Everything we need from our hearts is already there; it's a process of uncovering rather than seeking.

My takeaway: Relax. We don't control and never have controlled our time. Our attempts to do so are futile expressions of our anxiety over not being able to do everything we want to do in our finite lives. So, select a few, highly valuable activities in which to invest are most precious resources - time and attention - and willingly leave the rest.

This was my second reading. The premise is simple (yet challenging): Take responsibility for everything in your world.

This was my...I don't know, 50th reading? The title says it all. Most impactful self-help book ever.

It's never too late to change. Start today. Go to the bookstore and find something about which you would read 500 books. Then start.

Start. Whatever it is you want to do, just start it now. Take the smallest step you know you can take, and then iterate. Iterate, iterate, iterate until you have created genius.

This little anthology of adorable short stories was written by members of a writing group in which I participate in Phoenix. Pick it up!

To take the pathless path, one must embrace discomfort, insecurity, and fear. Since reading the book I now follow Paul's newsletter and podcast. Thought-provoking stuff for anyone trying to make it in the world without a job.

A good book to help get my head straight with running. My takeaway was to balance being hardy - we are far strong than we imagine - with being much more self-compassionate. Beating ourselves up, which many runners do, will never get us to the finish line.