While on vacation I recently finished listening to the audiobook of Unf*ck Yourself:Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop. As I was spending a week taking a break from a job I hate and spending some desperately needed time to re-connect with my kids (2 and 8) and my wife, I couldn’t have found a better book to read to cut through all the crap and realize that I have the power to change the things in my life that are making me stressed and unhappy that need changing.
This book really resonated with me and I appreciated how the author got right to the point! This is a quick read and the audiobook was a little over 3 hours so you can finish it in a few days.
The author lays out seven assertions that I found really helpful and I hope you will too.
- I am willing.
- I am wired to win.
- I got this.
- I embrace the uncertainty.
- I am not my thoughts, I am what I do.
- I am relentless.
- I expect nothing and accept everything.
#4 “I embrace the uncertainty” is a real problem for me at the moment and something I really need to embrace. This is a wake up call for me! I used to be able to “go with the flow” and take more risks with my life and career. That came to a full stop once I started having kids.
To some extent this is understandable as we all want the best for our children and want to ensure they have a happy home,quality education,activities and so on. But I know the fear of the unknown and complacency have taken a hold of me in ways that over time have made me miserable.
If you are anything like me you’ve probably read or listened to countless self-help books. But for some reason or another you probably didn’t put them into action and you are the same or worse off than before you started. I’m not going to let that happen to me this time. I’m ready to finally change my life for the better.
I am declaring – today is a new day for me and the rest of my life! I’m going to take action and start living my best life for me and my family.
If you found this site you are probably looking for the same thing so read Unf*ck Yourself. You won’t regret it. And heck if you do you’ll only be out a few bucks and about 3 hours of your time!
