Retreat into my new book, Your Life in Bloom: Finding Your Path and Your Courage, Grounded in the Wisdom of Nature.Wicklow.įour Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman – One of my favourite books of 2021, this is a fantastic reminder to reassess the real meaning of time management and spend our time on what really matters to us. I Found My Tribe by Ruth Fitzmaurice – A celebration of the delights of wild swimming and the community you can gain alongside it, here in an Irish town in Co. Into the Magic Shop: A neurosurgeon’s true story of the life-changing magic of mindfulness and compassion by James Doty – A stunning exploration of the ways we can transform our minds when we pay more attention to our thoughts.Ĭonversations with Friends by Sally Rooney – If you want to read about rather aimless characters figuring out their way, Sally Rooney’s writing is the perfect place to start. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh – A novel about one young woman’s efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – The darling book of the quarantine era, this is Matt Haig’s imagining of the countless different directions a life can take. It’s more than enough to make your life a gentle pursuit of love, joy, and curiosity…” You don’t need a calling or grand mission. Even when you have no idea where you’re going, you can follow your curiosity, just to see where it takes you. But you can realise when you’re feeling stuck and take a small step in a different direction. There are thousands of versions of your life in which you have the most fantastic time. It’s a short collection of musings on finding your courage, working out where you want to go in life, and taking a bold step forwards. I had also found myself at a fork in the road with my work. This is the book I wrote when struggling with depression during Covid-19. This book poses that powerful question in a multitude of ways: what do you need to do like you used to? Her brother’s retort: “No, you just need to go out into the mountains like you used to.” Her brother says to their uncle: “You’re supposed to be a painter,” to which he responds “I’ve lost the ability”. It’s not just Marion grappling with who she wants to be in this novel. Her belief that she would fly saturated her world, presented an appearance of absolute truth.” “ She couldn’t fathom that others did not see her for what she would become, that she did not wear the fact of her future like some eye-catching garment. If there’s a version of me who knows exactly what they want and has the guts to jump at it, she’d be like Marion in Great Circle. I’ve been pivoting towards this position over the last few years, but lately I’ve felt an urge to jump and figure it out afterwards. I’ve been at a fork in the road with my work, trying to steer further in the direction of my creative projects and away from the last of the consulting work I’m doing. I read Great Circleright at the end of 2021 and was blown away by it. 10 books to read when you’re feeling lost in life Including both fiction and non-fiction, these are some of the books that helped me most when I felt lost, especially when I quit my job, started a business, moved countries, and navigated bouts of depression. Here are some of my favourite book recommendations for when you’re feeling lost and unsure of where to go next. And with that, what you used to enjoy and aspire for.īut, as always, everything you’re feeling can usually be found in a book somewhere too. You might run into a feeling of not being where you want to be in your career, finding yourself frozen in one place, or realising you’ve got stuck in a rut.ĭuring these times, you can even lose sight of the one thing you thought you knew: yourself. Sometimes life is clear – you know exactly where you’re heading and which path you’re on. From “Lost” by David Wagoner, in Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems. Must ask permission to know it and be known. Wherever you are is called Here,Īnd you must treat it as a powerful stranger, The trees ahead and bushes beside youĪre not lost. When you buy through these links, I may earn a commission. A quick note that some of my posts contain affiliate links.
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