Download or read book It s Great to Suck at Something written by Karen Rinaldi and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how the freedom of sucking at something can help you build resilience, embrace imperfection, and find joy in the pursuit rather than the goal. What if the secret to resilience and joy is the one thing we’ve been taught to avoid? When was the last time you tried something new? Something that won’t make you more productive, make you more money, or check anything off your to-do list? Something you’re really, really bad at, but that brought you joy? Odds are, not recently. As a sh*tty surfer and all-around-imperfect human Karen Rinaldi explains in this eye-opening book, we live in a time of aspirational psychoses. We humblebrag about how hard we work and we prioritize productivity over play. Even kids don’t play for the sake of playing anymore: they’re building blocks to build the ideal college application. But we’re all being had. We’re told to be the best or nothing at all. We’re trapped in an epic and farcical quest for perfection. We judge others on stuff we can’t even begin to master, and it’s all making us more anxious and depressed than ever. Worse, we’re not improving on what really matters. This book provides the antidote. (It’s Great to) Suck at Something reveals that the key to a richer, more fulfilling life is finding something to suck at. Drawing on her personal experience sucking at surfing (a sport she’s dedicated nearly two decades of her life to doing without ever coming close to getting good at it) along with philosophy, literature, and the latest science, Rinaldi explores sucking as a lost art we must reclaim for our health and our sanity and helps us find the way to our own riotous suck-ability. She draws from sources as diverse as Anthony Bourdain and surfing luminary Jaimal Yogis, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Jean-Paul Sartre, among many others, and explains the marvelous things that happen to our mammalian brains when we try something new, all to discover what she’s learned firsthand: it is great to suck at something. Sucking at something rewires our brain in positive ways, helps us cultivate grit, and inspires us to find joy in the process, without obsessing about the destination. Ultimately, it gives you freedom: the freedom to suck without caring is revelatory. Coupling honest, hilarious storytelling with unexpected insights, (It’s Great to) Suck at Something is an invitation to embrace our shortcomings as the very best of who we are and to open ourselves up to adventure, where we may not find what we thought we were looking for, but something way more important.

Download or read book Things That Don t Totally Suck written by Mindful Magic Journals and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want a realistic gratitude journal that's not all sunshine and rainbows?Do you feel like nothing cool ever happens to you? Are you often in a bad mood, or feeling negative about your life? It's totally normal to feel that way sometimes, and writing in a gratitude journal can help. Gratitude has been scientifically proven to improve relationships, make you happier, healthier, and more productive. You don't need to spend hours journalling about your life -- just note down one or two good things that happen each day, no matter how small. This journal is designed to be fun, realistic, and easy to fill in. Each night, you'll answer the following questions: What didn't totally suck today> What was actually kind of cool today> What are you excited to do tomorrow? And that's it! Super simple, but guaranteed to have you feeling more positive and getting more done. Grab your copy of the journal and get started today. This makes a great gift for teens who are interested in self-improvement, self-development, motivation, mindfulness, and more!

Download or read book The One Minute Gratitude Journal for Teens written by Brenda Nathan and published by BrBB House Press. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivating an attitude of gratitude yields many benefits: physical, mental and spiritual. In this Journal, you have flexibility to write down the dates of entry and not feel guilty if you miss a day. There are also pages in this journal where you can just draw something beautiful. Every page contains an inspirational quote (non religious). Gratitude is a feeling of appreciation for what one has. Write down three to four things you are grateful for in this journal and turn your ordinary moments into blessings.

Download or read book Works Well with Others written by Ross McCammon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious and indispensable guide to the weirdness of the workplace from Esquire editor and Entrepreneur etiquette columnist Ross McCammon Ten years ago, Ross McCammon made an incredible and unexpected transition from working at an in-flight magazine in suburban Dallas to landing his dream job at Esquire in New York. What followed was a period of almost debilitating anxiety and awkwardness—interspersed with minor instances of professional glory—as McCammon learned how to navigate the workplace while feeling entirely ill-equipped for achieving success in his new career. Works Well with Others is McCammon’s “relentlessly funny and soberingly insightful”* journey from impostor to authority, a story that reveals the workplace for what it is: an often absurd landscape of ego and fear guided by social rules that no one ever talks about. By mining his own experiences at the magazine, McCammon provides advice on everything from firm handshakes to small talk in elevators to dealing with jerks and underminers. Here is an inspirational new way of looking at your job, your career, and success itself; an accessible guide for those of us who are smart, talented, and ambitious but who aren’t well-“leveraged” and don’t quite feel prepared for success . . . or know what to do once we’ve made it. *Entertainment Weekly

Download or read book The Art of Breaking Things written by Laura Sibson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson and Sara Zarr, one girl embraces the power of her voice: rules are meant to be broken and she won't stay silent. Weekends are for partying with friends while trying to survive the mindnumbingness that is high school. The countdown to graduation is on, and Skye has her sights set on escaping to art school and not looking back. But her party-first-ask-questions-later lifestyle starts to crumble when her mom rekindles her romance with the man who betrayed Skye's boundaries when he was supposed to be protecting her. She was too young to understand what was happening at the time, but now she doesn't know whether to run as far away from him as possible or give up her dreams to save her little sister. The only problem is that no one knows what he did to her. How can she reveal the secret she's guarded for so long? With the help of her best friend and the only boy she's ever trusted, Skye might just find the courage she needs to let her art speak for her when she's out of words. After years of hiding her past, she must become her own best ally.

Download or read book Math Doesn t Suck written by Danica McKellar and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title has been removed from sale by Penguin Group, USA.

Download or read book Things That Don t Totally Suck Gratitude Journal for Teens written by Michal do and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want a realistic gratitude journal that's not all sunshine and rainbows? Do you feel like nothing cool ever happens to you? Are you often in a bad mood, or feeling negative about your life? It's totally normal to feel that way sometimes, and writing in a gratitude journal can help. Gratitude has been scientifically proven to improve relationships, make you happier, healthier, and more productive. You don't need to spend hours journalling about your life -- just note down one or two good

Download or read book Healthy Habits Suck written by Dayna Lee-Baggley and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salad instead of steak? Working out? Skipping that second beer or glass of wine? Healthy habits are THE WORST. If you’re someone who gets up every morning and can’t wait for your run, considers eating sweet potatoes a splurge, and sets aside thirty minutes before work to meditate—this book isn’t for you. If you’re someone who thinks about getting up to go for a run but goes back to sleep, regrets last night’s dinner of fast food, and can barely get to work on time—let alone meditate—then this book will help you find the motivation you’ve been looking for to live your healthiest life, even when you don’t want to. With this funny, in-your-face guide, you won’t find advice on how to “enjoy” exercise, or tips for making broccoli and kale taste as good as donuts and ice cream. What you will find are solid skills to help you actually do the healthy things you know you should be doing. Using these skills—based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and neuroscience—you’ll learn to find the motivation you’re really craving to adopt healthy habits, even if they do suck. You’ll also discover how to accept self-criticism, develop self-compassion, and live a more meaningful life. This book not only acknowledges that many healthy habits suck, it uses science to explain why we want the things we want (junk food), crave the things we crave (sugar), and dislike the things we dislike (exercise). At the end, you’ll feel validated in feeling like these things are the absolute worst. But you’ll also find the motivation to do them anyway.

Download or read book Things You Either Hate Or Love written by Brigid Lowry and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cynical, overweight, and lonely Australian teenager spends her summer vacation making lists, eating comfort foods, and trying to earn enough money to attend a big rock concert.

Download or read book Ready Player Two written by Ernest Cline and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.

Download or read book Demon Bound written by Chris Cannon and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a summoning goes awry, book nerd Meena’s summer job suddenly becomes something drastically different. Instead of cleaning eccentric Carol’s house, she’s bound to a demon as his soul-collector. Soon Meena discovers that the boring, pageant-obsessed, bonfire-loving town that she’s never fit into is a hotbed for soul-sucking demons, demon-hunting witches, and vampires who just wanna have fun... And then she comes into her own powers. Could things get any stranger? Good thing she meets new guy Jake—who gets her and still hangs around. When Jake’s mom sends him off to his Aunt Zelda’s for the summer, he thought he’d be bored. But nothing is what it seems in this town. His aunt isn’t just odd, she’s a witch who fights demons and tries to maintain the magical balance of the town. Jake should get the hell out of there, and he would leave, except for bad-ass newbie witch Meena, who looks at him like he matters. He never counted on sticking around, but Meena’s bound to a demon who wants to destroy her soul—and Jake’s finally found someone worth fighting for.

Download or read book Suck d written by Susan Berran and published by Susan Berran. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up for another extremely funny, totally gross & weird adventure? Then read on... Yep, just when Sam didn't think things could get any worse, his best mate, Jared, becomes sooo sick he has to stay home from school for the entire week, leaving Sam on his own to face the suckiest week of his whole sucktacular life. With Toffee tugging at his nauseating nostril taffy, Abbey being crabby, Booga's gigantic butt bugle and the rest of the cow-cuddling, sheep-kissing kids. It might be Jared that's sick ... but by the end of this week it's Sam who's going to need the barf bucket.

Download or read book Childhood Autism written by Jennifer Hillman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood Autism provides clinicians with a comprehensive guide for working with autistic children and their families. It offers practical assistance with early diagnosis, cutting edge treatment options and goals, interdisciplinary insights, and available resources. Empirical research findings are presented in a clear, accessible manner. Perhaps most importantly, vivid case examples bring both the therapist’s and patient’s experience to the fore as they work towards recovery. This clear and informative book should be required reading for professionals and students in the fields of medicine, social work, psychology, education, and any other clinicians who work with children on the autism spectrum.

Download or read book Hart to Heart written by M.E. Carter and published by M.E. Carter. This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’re the Harts. Between an engagement, a wedding and an adoption, we’ve had the best year of our lives. Things have never looked better for Jaxon, Addison and myself. But just because you say “I do” doesn’t mean you get a happily ever after. And sometimes, you get tackled more in life than you ever did on the football field. The only way we’re going to make it through is if we do it together…Hart to Heart. ME Carter took her sweet fictional characters and turned them into what felt like real people in this novel. Don't miss this journey of love, heartbreak and triumph. -Kathryn Perez, Author of THERAPY Hart to Heart will put you on a roller coaster of emotions that fills your heart with butterflies, produces gasps and screams and leaves you smiling and crying at the same time. The ride is worth the fall. You'll want to do it again. -Dawn L. Chiletz, Author of The Contest A breathtaking story of what happens after the happily ever after. -AE Woodward, Author of Working Girl Honest and authentic, I was surprised by what this story made me feel; emotional and alive. -Sara Ney, Author of the Kiss & Make Up Series Hart to Heart is the second book in the bestselling Hart series. For maximum reading enjoyments, read Change of Hart first. Series includes: Change of Hart Hart to Heart Matters of the Hart Matters to Me Topics: contemporary romance, football romance, sports romance, football series, modern romance, hot romance, emotional romance, newlywed romance, HEA, strong heroine, Dallas, heart-warming, happy ending, alpha, cancer, pediatric cancer, pediatric oncology, romance, pro football, family, love, married with kids, surprise pregnancy, M.E. Carter, M.E. Carter football, alpha hero, Hart series, celebrity friends.

Download or read book Maybe This Christmas written by Sarah Morgan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Uplifting, sexy and warm, Sarah Morgan's O'Neil Brothers series is perfection."—Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author This winter, ex-skiing champion, reformed heartbreaker and single dad Tyler O'Neil has only one mission—making sure his daughter, Jess, has the best Christmas ever. The fact that his best friend, Brenna, is also temporarily moving into his chalet at the overbooked Snow Crystal resort is a delicious distraction he's simply going to have to ignore. Theirs is the one relationship he's never ruined, and he's not about to start now. Ski pro Brenna Daniels knows all about the perils of unrequited love—she's been in love with Tyler for years. But living with him is absolute torture… How can she concentrate on being his friend when he's sleeping in the room next door? Then when Tyler kisses Brenna, suddenly the relationship she's always dreamed of feels so close she could almost touch it. Could this be the Christmas her dreams of a happy-ever-after finally come true?

Download or read book Writers Guide to Story Structure and Beyond written by Mary Frame and published by Mary Frame. This book was released on 2018-01-28 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a fiction writer? Do you ever find yourself slogging through your novel wondering, what am I doing? Why am I doing this? What day is it, anyway? And where the heck is the wine?! Well, never fear, dear writer. I am here for you. Within these pages you will discover the highlights of story structure from rough beginnings, through the middle slog, to the blessed end. This book also includes information on writing effective dialogue, crafting scenes that do double duty, creating dimensional characters, pros and cons of indie vs. traditional publishing, and much more, delivered in a humorous and (hopefully) entertaining way. Mary Frame is the author of more than a dozen titles including the Dorky Duet and the Imperfect Series, which Publisher's Weekly called, "...a thoughtful and highly entertaining read." She is a full time mother and wife with a full time job. She has no idea how she manages to write novels, except that it helps being a dedicated introvert. She doesn't enjoy writing about herself in third person, but she does enjoy reading, writing, dancing, and damaging the ear drums of her co-workers when she randomly decides to sing to them. She lives in Reno, Nevada with her husband, two children, and a border collie named Stella.

Download or read book Zodiac Rising written by Vicki Pettersson and published by Alistern Press. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashlyn Archer’s life isn’t just a lie … it’s a comic book. Sixteen-year-old surfer girl ASHLYN ARCHER has never leaped tall buildings, fought a supernatural villain, or— God forbid—donned tights and a cape. All she wants in life is to escape her certifiably crazy grandmother, Zoe, and (literally) surf through life. It’s short, after all … and her parents’ death five years earlier is proof of that. But Ashlyn’s carefree plans suddenly alter when she’s attacked by beings who’ve been long searching for her. She learns that the stories her grandmother was feeding her—mythology hidden in the pages of comic books—are actually the written record of her own genealogy and that she’s the half-mortal daughter of Joanna Archer, the world’s most renowned super-heroine. Which sucks. Because where there are heroes, there are also villains, and one group has sworn to kill all emerging young superheroes in order to amass power for themselves. For her own safety, Ashlyn is sent away from her beloved beach to a place where survival depends on the help of newfound friends, her acceptance of a supernatural underworld she never knew existed, and her belief that she, too, is a superhero. Because a new order is rising in the world known as the Zodiac. The next generation of superheroes and villains is starting from ground zero. And the race is on for control.