Next week, I’m releasing my second book, Become Your Best Self: Insights for finding meaning in the modern world. The book is a compilation of my writing here.
If you’ve been reading my articles over the last four years, I would love for you to consider buying my book – either for yourself or as a Christmas gift.
I have been freely giving my labour for thousands of hours. I am very unlikely to make substantial money in any case, but it will at least help support me as I continue on my path of learning. This way, I can ensure I can continue providing more value in the years to come.
I started writing publicly in August 2020. I wanted to share my thoughts in a way that others could get something from them too.
It’s no coincidence that I had just finished my coaching qualification. It suddenly occurred to me how much I had to say. I also realised that sharing these thoughts could help other people.
200 articles, 160,000 words and four years later, I’ve decided to put this my learning into a book.
It’s hard to describe, but now I feel like the words flow through me. When I restarted with avengeance at the beginning of 2022, I just found myself in a much better groove.
By the end of the year, I realised that I hadn’t missed a week. This trend continued into 2023. Then into 2024. Suddenly I had written two years’ worth of articles without missing a week. I’m soon to close in on doing this for a third year.
Yet this was not without its challenges. 2024 was a tricky year. It’s probably the least energetic I’ve been ever in my life. Yet partly through knowing that the routine helped me, and partly through a sheer will not to let my writing streak stop, I carried on writing.
The creation of this book has been a fun endeavour. If nothing else, it allows me to see how much I’ve created despite having next to no actual financial gain attached (this would be the first time I’m using the content in a way that has some sort of pricing on it).
But it’s also allowed me to see how much I’ve grown, and how much my depth of thought and living has really progressed. My writing has also come on leaps and bounds from the beginning too.
If you’re wondering, I never ‘pre-cook’ articles. Every article I’ve written has been actually written that week. Don’t get me wrong, I have no issues with those that batch create content, but for me, it wouldn’t feel natural.
The book is available on Amazon via this link here [available in US/UK/EU/Aus]. You can order it on Amazon Kindle now and Paperback from 9 December.