Friday, 19 June 2015

Non-fiction for a change

Well hello there! 

I’m back at long last! Please excuse my massive writing gap, I have been inundated with school work and exams and the pressures of getting into university meant that reading had to take a backseat for a while… I say back seat, I have as good as gone cold turkey on books and had a rising collection of over 13 books during that period! Nevertheless I am back and I started with a book that I thought would be fitting upon completing my last exam and in fact my last EVER day at school;

Happiness by Design – Paul Dolan

This book is a wonderfully written book full to the brim of research and evidence into the ways people go about being happy, however given that my brain has been overly tired having completed school the day before picking this book up I feel as though I couldn’t fully appreciate this book. Whilst I found it interesting as it talks about diverting your attention, moving away from the heavy technological society we live in today and aspiring to give more to others even if it is only your time, I also felt as though the target audience consisted of being well into your twenties and thirties, being married and either thinking about or living with kids!

With wonderful morals and attributes throughout, I feel as though I shall have to revisit when in 10 years and also let my mother borrow it and compare how she perceives it. Safe to say when Paul was referring to spending extra time to play with his kids and spending time away from stressing about bills and financial income, I couldn’t possibly relate!

A well written book, I would recommend, though do it when your brain is able to focus and wanting to learn, mine certainly was not. I am now going to move onto a fiction book and escape this world for the rest of the morning. :) 

I hope you are having a lovely day! Here’s my challenge for you within the theme of happiness;


What’s one thing you have to smile about today? 

No comments:

Post a Comment