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A review by milkshakevoid
Manage Your Day-To-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn K. Glei
3.0
I enjoyed this book and I will reread it but I should be clear about my expectations from it. I struggle with depression and rapid mood swings because I'm bipolar so I specifically order this as source of motivation. It now sits on my shelf with several other guides to creativity and productivity for the times when I am not my rational self. This is quite helpful because bipolar disorder is not particularly rational.
While I found the book to be motivating, I didn't learn anything that I hadn't read before, or that I hadn't already learned myself. I know that it's best to do the most important work first thing. I know it's important to track your habits. I know that email and the internet are time sucks. Most of the book was pretty self evident, but for the times when I can't get past the chemical block in my brain, this is well presented and clear in it's messages. On the average day I would rate this book a 3/5 but for times when I need to be reminded of what's in my best interest, I'd give this a 4.
One annoying point though is the huge emphasis on emails in this book. Who the hell checks their email every hour? Oh course that's a waste of time... In that respect I found the authors that harped on that topic to be obnoxious.
While I found the book to be motivating, I didn't learn anything that I hadn't read before, or that I hadn't already learned myself. I know that it's best to do the most important work first thing. I know it's important to track your habits. I know that email and the internet are time sucks. Most of the book was pretty self evident, but for the times when I can't get past the chemical block in my brain, this is well presented and clear in it's messages. On the average day I would rate this book a 3/5 but for times when I need to be reminded of what's in my best interest, I'd give this a 4.
One annoying point though is the huge emphasis on emails in this book. Who the hell checks their email every hour? Oh course that's a waste of time... In that respect I found the authors that harped on that topic to be obnoxious.