Hi! I’m Amy and I love to read, learn, and share. I have always enjoyed reading, but I did not always make it a priority in my adult life. In 2022, I focused on forming daily habits, one of which was reading for 22+ minutes each day. I read 76 books in 2022 (mostly non-fiction and personal development) and reviewed all of them on my personal Facebook account. Another habit I formed in 2022 was listening to a podcast every day, and I learned SO much about a variety of topics.
One of my core values is life-long learning, and I have created this blog to reach a wider audience and share book reviews (mostly non-fiction and personal development), information I’ve learned from podcasts, and other insights I want to share related to forming habits, cooking, fitness, my favorite products, and much more! I intend to start off by posting book reviews (both past and present) one or two times each week, as well as a Thoughtful Thursday column, in which I will share some insights I have learned along with some of my reflections from the past week. I am writing this blog to captivate readers with educational information, encourage people to read and learn, and hopefully persuade readers to read books I have reviewed.
Here is some information about me:
-I live in Minnesota and am married to my best friend, whom I am slowly convincing to love reading as much as I do. 🙂 I am passionate about many things, including reading, life-long learning, faith, family and friends, fitness, health, justice, clean eating (most of the time), personal development, and finance.
-To decide which books to add to my list to read, I scour best-selling lists, lists of books that are recommended based on books I have read, books recommended in other books I have read or in podcasts I have listened to, and lists of new personal development books coming out soon, and I perform searches of books on topics I am interested in learning more about.
-I regularly read two blogs, neither of which are book-related. My favorite blogs are: seths.blog and gabethebassplayer.com
Seth Godin’s marketing and business blog comes out every day and has more than one million readers. Gabe Anderson’s insightful and reflective blog covers the underlying theme of making time spent in the music and entertainment business worthwhile. Gabe offers unique perspectives about life.
-I listen to a variety of podcasts, none of them completely faithfully. By that, I mean that I pick and choose which episodes I am interested in and want to listen to. Among my favorite podcasts are On Purpose with Jay Shetty, the Jordan Harbinger Show, Sad to Savage, Hidden Brain, Work Life with Adam Grant, Finding Mastery, Self-Improvement Daily, the One You Feed, and Stuff You Should Know.
-Of the 76 books I read in 2022, my favorites (which I will share reviews for) are:
-Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
-Out of Office by Charlie Warzel & Anne Helen Petersen
-Financial Freedom by Grant Sabatier
-Do Nothing- How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee
-Getting Away- 75 Everyday Practices for Finding Balance in our Always-On World by Jon Staff
-Broke Millennial Takes on Investing by Erin Lowry
-No Such Thing as Normal by Bryony Gordon
-How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
-Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
-Keep Showing Up: How to Stay Crazy in Love When Your Love Drives You Crazy by Karen Ehman
-The Story of You by Ian Morgan Cron
-The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It by Jennifer Moss
-Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity by Garrett B. Gunderson
-Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
-Atomic Habits by James Clear
-Embrace Your Almost by Jordan Lee Dooley
-Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD
-Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss
I look forward to reading, learning, and sharing with you soon!
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