26 Books That Have Shaped My 26 Years on Planet Earth
I wouldn’t be me without them
Over the last few years since I graduated from college, I’ve read or listened to around 175 books. Reading is the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning and the last thing I do before I go to sleep.
If I can take one thing away from a book, be it a shift in the way I think about myself or a line that makes me stop and marvel at how beautiful the world is, then I consider reading the book worthwhile.
The books that follow gave me so much more — I return to them when in need of joy, inspiration, solace, or perhaps a reminder of how good life can be. These are 26 books (plus the respective books if it's part of a series) that have shaped my brief 26-year existence on this fascinating rock we call home.
Favorite books on writing, creativity and inspiration:
The Practice, by Seth Godin
“Real artists ship,” Steve Jobs famously said.
To ship is to get your work out there. It’s pressing submit. Publish. Post. Shipping is the enemy of perfection. This book inspires me to do the work when I don’t want to and to get my voice out there by cultivating a practice that can be…
