Core Books for Me in 2023

Most of us wake on New Year's Day with some hope of a year of self-improvement. At least I do. I decided that I needed a set of tools to help me be successful. I found those tools in four books (I hope).

There is no way I can go wrong with this book, 60-Second Memory Journal: A Yearlong Happiness Chronicle. "What if all you needed was one minute a day—60 seconds, in the morning and before you go to sleep—to create a yearlong record you'll treasure forever? It's easy to chronicle your daily happiness with this beautiful journal. Thought-provoking prompts on every page (a rotating set for every three days) make it a pleasure to track your accomplishments and joyful moments, and acknowledge the people and things you're grateful for."
Interestingly, this book has been in my better me toolbox for a couple of years now! Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, Sexy, and Smart—Until You're 80 and Beyond. According to this book, smart women don’t grow older, they grow younger. "A book of hope, it shows you how to become functionally younger for the next five to ten years, and continue to live thereafter with newfound vitality. Learn how the Younger Next Year plan of following Harry’s Rules—a program of exercise, diet, and maintaining emotional connections—will not only help you turn back your physical biological clock, but will improve memory, cognition, mood, and more. In other words, how to live brilliantly for the three decades or more after menopause. The results will be amazing." Fingers crossed on this one!
I'm very excited by In Pursuit of Inspiration: Trust Your Instincts and Make More Art (Creativity Exercises, Art Book for Artists Techniques), by Rae Dunn. Creating is one of my favorite things to do and the one I neglect almost as much as exercising. "Author and ceramicist Rae Dunn shares her favorite techniques for approaching a blank page and creating art. Discover how to draw with your non-dominant hand and sketch with objects found in nature. Colorfully illustrated with watercolors, sketches, original patterns, dreamy photography, and hand-lettered insights. • Visually rich book with shapes, colors, and textures to inspire and instruct • Find beauty in everyday objects, sights, and unexpected places • Full of tips, prompts, and exercises designed to help you trust your instincts and inspire creativity". This book gives me hope!
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts: A quote for every day of the year about courage, friendship, love, and kindness, called my name. Based on a character from R.J. Palacio's bestselling middle grade novel Wonder, it provides a "precept," or words to live by, for each day of the year. These are offered, one per page, and were 'collected' by Mr. Browne, over the years. They are drawn from both the famous (including Anne Frank, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Mother Theresa, Bob Marley) and 100 real kids who sent the author their own precepts after reading Wonder. For those who know me, quotes are my thing. Now, I'll have to add Wonder to my book list.
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends,
they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors,
and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll be interested to see how this progresses. Do you plan to read from or do the prompts in each every day?

January 3, 2023 at 8:17 AM
Denise said...

I'm delighting in putting pen to paper twice a day. While the prompts repeat every three days, I think they are profound enough to keep my interest for the year. Ex. Morning: Today I am looking forward to... Night: I am happy I accomplished... I'm afraid many days could become redundant, but maybe that's the point... come up with fresh responses each day! Fun.

January 4, 2023 at 6:49 AM
Ann Force said...

Thank you for the booklist!! Such positive and helpful tools for getting younger! A friend has a book on drawing and a chapter on intuition/non-dominant hand. Here is a youtube in which she describes the book. Back in the 80s Heather traveled the world with Louise Hay for three years and facilitated drawing workshops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVJdt7Zba8

Best to you,

Ann

January 5, 2023 at 8:02 AM

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