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A review by flowerhatprincess
Be a Triangle: How I Went from Being Lost to Getting My Life Into Shape by Lilly Singh
2.0
2.5/5 I finished this book in about a couple of hours. I'm glad this book did so much for the author but unfortunately, it didn't do as much for me.
Being A Triangle is about finding your way to gratitude through meditation, changing your thinking, giving back to the universe, staying focused (not distracted), and building a relationship with yourself.
All of these things are very good on the surface level, but the author doesn't really dig into any details.
In her segment about the relationship you build with yourself, she brings up how life is always changing, and that nothing is black and white, we're all meeting each other in different parts of our journey. She also spoke about meditation by comparing it to a dirty ring getting cleaned, or the removal of toxins from our minds. I also appreciated what she had to say about giving back to the universe, spreading love and light, recycling, and celebrating life. I particularly liked this line in the section, A relationship with the universe, "So when life sucks, you are not being robbed of something that was promised to you, but rather experiencing something that doesn't meet your expectations (p.57)."
However, I really didn't like changing the way you think about things aspect, or everything is just a distraction from feeling gratitude. "If I woke up grateful, then this [inconvienant] phone call, this traffic, this tiredness, and this growling stomach were all distractions leading me astray. To manage the situation, I kept repeating, "This is a distraction from my gratitude. And you will not distract me." (p.69)" To me, that just sounds like wishful thinking, and not something many people would likely do, making this section not very well explored about in my opinion.
Lilly Singh scratches the surface of some of what she's been through in her life, bringing up a few things she's been through but not giving any details. Only mentioning a divorce, and a brief story of coming out. This book is sweet, but kind of bland, not really exploring how she changed anything in her life other than her thinking. When life isn't usually so simple where you can just change your thinking on a problem and that realignment of thinking will reduce your stress involved with the situation. I mean sure for some things, but anyone who is stuck in an emotionally turbulent relationship, in a demanding career, or dealing with a loss probably won't find much help from this book.
At the end of the day, it's not a bad book, but not memerable. And it's not particularly detailed about her life either.
Being A Triangle is about finding your way to gratitude through meditation, changing your thinking, giving back to the universe, staying focused (not distracted), and building a relationship with yourself.
All of these things are very good on the surface level, but the author doesn't really dig into any details.
In her segment about the relationship you build with yourself, she brings up how life is always changing, and that nothing is black and white, we're all meeting each other in different parts of our journey. She also spoke about meditation by comparing it to a dirty ring getting cleaned, or the removal of toxins from our minds. I also appreciated what she had to say about giving back to the universe, spreading love and light, recycling, and celebrating life. I particularly liked this line in the section, A relationship with the universe, "So when life sucks, you are not being robbed of something that was promised to you, but rather experiencing something that doesn't meet your expectations (p.57)."
However, I really didn't like changing the way you think about things aspect, or everything is just a distraction from feeling gratitude. "If I woke up grateful, then this [inconvienant] phone call, this traffic, this tiredness, and this growling stomach were all distractions leading me astray. To manage the situation, I kept repeating, "This is a distraction from my gratitude. And you will not distract me." (p.69)" To me, that just sounds like wishful thinking, and not something many people would likely do, making this section not very well explored about in my opinion.
Lilly Singh scratches the surface of some of what she's been through in her life, bringing up a few things she's been through but not giving any details. Only mentioning a divorce, and a brief story of coming out. This book is sweet, but kind of bland, not really exploring how she changed anything in her life other than her thinking. When life isn't usually so simple where you can just change your thinking on a problem and that realignment of thinking will reduce your stress involved with the situation. I mean sure for some things, but anyone who is stuck in an emotionally turbulent relationship, in a demanding career, or dealing with a loss probably won't find much help from this book.
At the end of the day, it's not a bad book, but not memerable. And it's not particularly detailed about her life either.