Happy New Year! report #NewYearBooks

Happy New Year, one and all! I hope every one participating in Sunday Salon and the New Year’s Resolution Reading challenge is having a great first weekend of 2015.

Are you thinking about New Year’s Resolutions this week? Would a book help you get off to a good start on them in 2015? Join the New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge! There are more details at the sign-up post. Or, you can just jump right in here. The link-up below is for progress reports, book reviews, and your best suggestions of books that support common New Year’s Resolutions. Or, you can play along in the comments.

We’re doing a read along of The War of Art by Steven Pressfield — details in the New Year’s Day announcement. It’s a great book for tackling any creative project — and, really, is there any project that doesn’t involve some manner of creativity?

I started my re-read of The War of Art on New Year’s Day and it’s already made me more aware of my resistance to doing the things I want to do. Now, I just need to figure out what to do about it!

Besides The War of Art, I chose 3 other books for my New Year’s Resolution reading challenge. I’ve yet to start A Short Guide to A Long Life by David B. Agus. I’ll try to at least open that up today. I started Do More Great Work by Michael Bungay Stanier a couple of weeks ago, but it didn’t seem quite right for the holidays. Time to pick it up again.

I love the castle in the clouds in the metaphor and the subtitle

The book that did seem right for the holidays was A Blueprint for Your Castle in the Clouds by Barbara Sophia Tammes. This was the book that I chose for my resolution Improve my Mood and, I’m pleased to report, it’s working! So far, the most effective room in my castle is the Head Office where I can put any situation in files labeled with feelings to help me figure out what I’m feeling. I’ve always been more comfortable with thoughts than feelings. The file metaphor has helped me understand and label my feelings. I’m discovering new things every day!

What have you read this week that supports your 2015 projects, resolutions, or goals?

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Happy New Year! report #NewYearBooks — 9 Comments

Bryan G. Robinson on January 4, 2015 at 9:32 am said:

I haven’t read anything this week that supports my 2015 projects, resolutions or goals, BUT I do have one on my newly-created TBR list for 2015 called The Organized Mind. I’m hoping it helps me with one of my two words for the year: focus, with the other word being equilibrium.

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- Joy Weese Moll on January 4, 2015 at 10:42 am said:
  
  Focus and equilibrium are great Year words! The Organized Mind sounds useful — especially the subtitle “Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload.”
  
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laurelrainsnow on January 4, 2015 at 11:02 am said:

I love the idea of improving the mood…thanks for sharing the books, and enjoy your week.

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Vasilly on January 4, 2015 at 11:54 am said:

The only books I’ve read this week to support my goals are children’s books. I want to read to my kids every day this year and I have so far.

Thanks for the reminder about The War of Art! I plan on starting it today.

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Deb Nance on January 4, 2015 at 1:03 pm said:

Love the idea of improving your mood. I’m choosing the word “play” this year and I’m trying to remind myself of the image of me and others as “empty boats” as described by Mark Salzman’s most recent memoir.

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- Joy Weese Moll on January 4, 2015 at 1:28 pm said:
  
  Thanks for linking up your post today — it fits right in!
  
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Molly on January 4, 2015 at 5:06 pm said:

I am definitely more of a “thinking” than “feeling” person. I like the idea of mentally filing situations and labeling them with a feeling. Sounds like a good book for me to add to the TBR pile.

Happy New Year, Joy!

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Belle Wong on January 4, 2015 at 5:32 pm said:

I haven’t started The War of Art yet, but I’m excited to be reading Making Ideas Happen. I’ll have to check out A Short Guide to a Long Life and Do More Great Work.

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Elizabeth (Silver's Reviews) on January 4, 2015 at 6:36 pm said:

Thanks for coming by my blog, Joy.

This is a wonderful post.

I don’t make New Year Resolutions, but you may inspire me to do so.

Improving my mood would be great.

Thanks so much.

Happy New Year!!

Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Blog

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