Books I’ve Read in The Last 14 Months

When pandemic started I spent the first few weeks watching YouTube videos about anything.

I was unproductive and stagnant. I felt terrible. I was sucked into a rabbit hole, and I hated it. One day, when I was thinking to change my daily routine, I stumbled upon Ryan Holiday’s book, The Obstacle Is The Way. Inspired by the title itself, I asked myself these questions:

How can I use this obstacle, this pandemic, to my advantage? How can I help myself out of stagnation? How can I progress despite my situation?

I thought I must do something to keep me busy. So I decided to read books.

Today, fourteen months after that day, I've read a handful of books.

Here they are:

• Being Logical by D.Q. McInerny

• A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston

• Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

• Ultralearning by Scott Young

• Wild Mind by Nathalie Goldberg

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

• The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read by Daniel R. Solin

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

• 101 Ways That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna West

• What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

• Vagabonding by Rolf Potts

• How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens

• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

• Quiet by Susan Cain

• On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

• The Elements of Style by William Stunk Jr. and E.B. White

• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

I’ve read these books for my own pleasure. I highlighted quotes and lines and passages I find remarkable and that I think would give me inspiration and help in the future.

I didn’t summarize each book. Instead, I just collected notes based on what’s relevant for me and my thinking.

And I'll share some of them here in my future posts.

'Till next time!