Can you believe that a new year is just about here?! Ready or not, here it comes! My goal with this post is not to give you a bunch of books about how to chase big goals in the fastest, most efficient way possible, but rather to offer books that provide you with tools to help you create a life that you love while you are chasing them.
Take Back Your Time by Christy Wright
I have been a fan of Christy’s for a long time. She has a fabulous podcast (The Christy Wright Show) and this, her latest book, is a continuation of all the topics she frequently covers on her podcast. Christy’s book outlines how to manage your time, how to decide what is most important to you, and how to use that as a guide in deciding what you should or should not agree to say yes to. She also discusses that just because you may have the time to agree to something, doesn’t necessarily mean that you have the energy to agree to it.
Effortless by Greg McKeown
I was a fan of Greg’s first book, Essentialism, and his second book did not disappoint! In Effortless, Greg goes through how, even when you pare down and become an essentialist, there can still be so many energy-draining tasks that you have to do. In Effortless, he covers simple ways he has found to make these mundane but essential tasks more enjoyable. The mundane of life makes up a surprisingly large amount of our lives so let’s do what we can do make them, and in turn our lives, more enjoyable!
168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam
I have loved all of Laura’s books! 168 Hours is a compilation of lots and lots of research that Laura has done. She had many individuals track their time by keeping time logs and then used these time logs as the basis for this book. So often we tell ourselves that we simply don’t have time for the things we want to do in life, but what may actually be the case is that we don’t have time to do some of the things that we are actually doing, but not even aware that we are doing. After analyzing how many different people, in many different walks of life, spend their time, Laura then goes into creative ways of how to delegate some of the things that we are spending time on that we don’t need to. Did you know you can send your laundry out to be washed, dried, and folded for you?
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Are you rushing around all the time, always in a hurry? In this book, John deeply delves into how rushing all the time is not only unhealthy, it is also unchristian. What effects are all the activities, commitments, and busyness having on our lives and on the relationships with those closest to us?
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Habits are what shape our lives; we all have them. I have a bedtime routine that helps me wind down for bed—my husband does not and has always struggled with falling asleep. Over this past year he has worked on developing an end-of-evening routine and has definitely seen improvement in his overall sleep. The point is habits play a bigger part in our lives than we often realize. For discussion on all-things-habits, with a focus on how to implement habits to change your life, give this book a try!
I hope this helps to inspire you for the new year! It’s always sad (at least for me) to see the holidays go, but we have a fresh new year stretching out before us. Let’s make the most of it—which may even mean not doing as much as we did in the past!
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