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A review by sillylilsith
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist
4.0
“But what I’ve learned the hard way is you don’t answer to a wide swath of people and their opinions, even if they’re good people, with good opinions. You were made by hand with great love by the God of the universe, and he planted deep inside of you a set of loves and dreams and idiosyncrasies, and you can ignore them as long as you want, but they will at some point start yelling. Worse than that, if you ignore them long enough, they will go silent, and that’s the real tragedy.”
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Read for faith-based inspo on getting your priorities straight!
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Spring is a season of refreshment so it felt like a great time to go the personal development route with my next non-fiction read.
Present Over Perfect was a great choice. It was a lil wordy and hard to relate at times, but, overall, it was a really positive read and had some solid perspective on prioritizing and adjusting your mindset.
It is more of a memoir with some self help layered in. I personally liked that mix because, while I appreciated her insight, Niequist is not exactly someone whose personal perspective is relatable. It’s a lil hard for me to understand a life of traveling too much and having to turn down work offers. This is why the way it’s written makes sense to me. She is telling her story and what she’s learned. There were a lot of valuable take always for me even if my journey looks significantly different.
I hear Niequist is known for her food writing so I’m definitely curious to check that ours because she is a good writer....also because I love me some food talk.
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Read for faith-based inspo on getting your priorities straight!
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Spring is a season of refreshment so it felt like a great time to go the personal development route with my next non-fiction read.
Present Over Perfect was a great choice. It was a lil wordy and hard to relate at times, but, overall, it was a really positive read and had some solid perspective on prioritizing and adjusting your mindset.
It is more of a memoir with some self help layered in. I personally liked that mix because, while I appreciated her insight, Niequist is not exactly someone whose personal perspective is relatable. It’s a lil hard for me to understand a life of traveling too much and having to turn down work offers. This is why the way it’s written makes sense to me. She is telling her story and what she’s learned. There were a lot of valuable take always for me even if my journey looks significantly different.
I hear Niequist is known for her food writing so I’m definitely curious to check that ours because she is a good writer....also because I love me some food talk.