I've had a pretty rotten year dealing with an unfolding identity crisis, and I need change.<p>I'm starting back into reading after a long time away, and I'm curious about any notable book(s) you read this year that changed stuff in your world.<p>Thank you.
Mind you, your bar might be too high for these, but I found useful bits from both of the Michael Easter books: "The Comfort Crisis" and "Scarcity Brain."<p><a href="https://eastermichael.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://eastermichael.com/</a><p>Along the same lines, the two Annie Duke books that I read, "Thinking in Bets" and "Quit", were both entertaining and insightful.<p><a href="https://www.annieduke.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.annieduke.com/</a><p>And tho' I thought it could have half the pages, I found inspriation from Rick Rubin's "The Creative Act".<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/10/the-creative-act-a-way-of-being-by-rick-rubin-review-thoughts-of-the-bearded-beat-master" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/10/the-creative-a...</a><p>If you have a creative side and haven't yet read "The War of Art" then read that instead of the Rubin book. It's shorter and that focus makes it more inspiring.
The Compassionate Mind - Gilbert, Paul - 2009<p>I had forgottten about this book until an old psychotherapist friend mentioned it.<p>Excellent book for these stressful and chaotic times when we just want to be and feel like we are human beings and not human doings and automotons.