I can read I just don't. I know people find reading calming and something they can do just for fun or to escape our world for one of fantasy. I've just never been that person. Nor is there something wrong with reading, I wish I liked to read its just never been a hobby as I probably associate it with school and being assigned read.
If you read my previous post then you know that one of my goals for this year is to work on myself. I like most people deal with a lot of demons and monsters, and more often than not that can affect my mental health and the people that I care most about.
Let's be honest, being vulnerable is scary, let alone telling complete strangers what you are dealing with. So this part for me is rather hard and I know you must be thinking what does this have to do with reading, I'll get back to that in a second.
I have no self esteem, no self confidence, I compare my life to those around me, depression to name a few. Although these things may not seem as bad, they cause harm to my life and make it difficult for those around me to help me because I quite honestly wont listen to them and will stay in my funk.
To try and make sense of all of these feeling and emotions and to try and better myself and take care of myself, I've decided to read some self help/motivational books. I was gifted the first book by my boyfriend who found a thread about it on Reddit and decided to purchase it, of course without knowing how I would react he hadn't given it to me until I told him I wanted to work on myself.
The other book I purchased because I had heard so much about it and saw other people talking about it that I figured what the heck I might as well go for it. Plus I noticed there were other books in the series if I enjoy it and decided to continue to read it.
I was thinking about posting updates on thing I learn or just my thoughts on the book overall if you guys would be interested in that let me know.
What are your thoughts on self care? Any books you recommend?
XOXO
Noshka
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