Hi everyone.
Welcome back to Lavendaire.
Today I wanted to share
five books to read this summer.
I know a lot of you have more time in the summer.
It's a perfect time to get more reading done.
These are five different books
that will give you something different.
So, depending on what you're looking for,
hopefully one of these books will be good for you.
My first recommendation is You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero.
This book is for you if you want to cultivate a more positive relationship with money.
If you notice yourself having negative thoughts about money,
if you ever heard yourself think that money is evil or money is greed,
or any other negative thoughts around money, then maybe this is a book to pick up
because this book will help you cultivate that positive mindset around money,
help you realize that money is just a tool.
Money is just a resource.
It doesn't really have a positive or negative connotation to it.
But it will also motivate you to make more money in your life.
It will just help you hone in
on the gratitude that you have around money.
It will also help you shift your mindset
so that you can attract more abundance into your life.
I'd recommend this book to any artists or creative types who struggle
with the idea of pursuing money because I know that a lot of people,
they want to pursue art.
Or you want to pursue meaning, you want to help others.
And you think that money and art and meaning are exclusive, but actually, it can all be
inclusive.
It can all be one in the same.
It really is about shifting your mindset
and recognizing money for what it really is: just a tool to help you live your dream life.
The next book is one that I highly, highly recommend.
It's good for those of you
who don't want to read, necessarily, because it's an audiobook.
All you have to do is kick back and listen.
It's just a bunch of stories.
The book is called Born a Crime by Trevor Noah.
I've already raved about this book.
If you don't know who Trevor Noah is, he's a comedian.
He's host of The Daily Show.
He's from South Africa.
He grew up in a very interesting time, during Apartheid,
where he was basically illegal because he's mixed-race.
He wasn't supposed to exist.
He has all these interesting stories of him growing up as a child in South Africa.
First of all, I love his voice.
Second of all, he's super funny.
Third, he's really great at telling stories.
You're really captivated into his stories
and he really takes you to another place.
Plus, he also speaks
so many different languages in this audiobook.
It's just a really good way
to expand your mind, to recognize all the different cultures out there and just really
appreciate
the story of a human being growing up.
I just thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed this book.
It will make you laugh.
It will make you cry.
It will make you think.
It will get you inspired.
If you're looking to dive into a memoir, then I highly, highly recommend
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah.
You'll love it.
I'll include a free Audible trial so you can listen to it for free, actually.
The next book that I highly recommend is called The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson.
This is a book for everyone.
Literally, anyone and everyone should read this book.
If you've ever tried to achieve a goal or if you've ever tried to improve your craft
or hone in
on your skills, but you felt like you got stuck and then you have to start all over
again–
and then you got stuck and start all over again–this book is for you
because it really teaches you how and why to put in the little effort of work every
day.
This book is like the book of consistency.
It's all about teaching you how to be consistent,
why you should be consistent, how it can literally transform your life.
I'm telling you right now: The Slight Edge transformed my life,
because it just blows your mind on how putting in a little bit of work every day
can really take you far.
If you've been looking to improve your productivity
or just be better at chasing your goals and chasing your dreams, then definitely pick
up
The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson.
Read it, and you will not regret it.
Trust me.
The next book that I recommend is called The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
This is a book that I'm currently going through right now.
What it is, is it's a 12-week process,
a 12-week journey to help you unblock your creative channels,
to help you tap into your creativity.
If you're an artist or you're a creative
and you feel like you have a project that you want to complete, but you're stuck,
or you just feel like you haven't been inspired lately, definitely pick up this book, The
Artist's Way.
It's a 12-week program, so summer is the best time to go through with this program.
That's three months, basically.
Each week, the book takes you through
different tasks and challenges, and it will cover a different section each week.
I know this book is like a classic for creatives.
It was written in the '90s
and it's still very relevant today.
If you've ever heard of morning pages–
I talk about that a lot on my channel–that comes from this book,
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
So if you're a creative, you want to tap into your creativity,
you want to get more inspired, definitely, definitely consider picking up this book.
Last book I want to recommend is called A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle.
Eckhart Tolle is an amazing author.
He is so wise.
He's almost like a monk.
He just has all the answers.
His most popular book is called The Power of Now.
It's huge.
If you haven't read it, I definitely recommend you to read that too.
But A New Earth is his newer book.
It was recommended by Oprah.
It's basically a book that teaches you how to distinguish what is the ego part of you
and what is the true part of you.
This book does go pretty deep.
It’s very in-depth
and you might not understand it at first read.
I feel like it's one
that I had to take my time to read slowly and then re-read the pages again,
because it's some really deep, spiritual stuff.
It's all about learning how to recognize
which part of you is your consciousness, your awareness, or your soul, your spirit,
whatever you want to refer to it, versus which part of it is your ego.
You have an ego part of you, the part that likes to succumb to addiction,
the part that is negative self talk, and all this stuff that is essentially an illusion.
Everything that is your ego is an illusion.
It's not real.
It teaches you what part is your ego,
how to separate that from your core and your soul, who you really are.
It's definitely a book that will help you dive deep, rediscover yourself,
and kind of reframe your perception of the world.
I really think this will open up your eyes.
It will open up your mind.
It might probably change your life.
If you've been feeling kind of blah and living on the surface,
you kind of want to dig deeper within and explore some new concepts and,
like I said, reframe your perception of the world, then definitely
check out A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle.
Plus, feel free to dive deep
into all of his other works because he is something else.
He is truly amazing.
Alright, I hope you liked these five books to read this summer.
Let me know below
if you have other suggestions on books that I should read this summer
because I'm always dying to add more books to my reading list.
Alright, have a beautiful day.
Have a beautiful summer.
Keep me updated.
If you read these book, let me know.
Comment below on what you think.
Love you all.
See you next time.
Bye!