I wouldn't lie, but I've drifted a bit away from traditional reading. I know it's detrimental, but I'm too caught up in my life and responsibilities.
In this between, one book caught my eye a few months ago while I was passing the road. I remembered the title of the book from the showcase of the bookshop - Courage to be Disliked, because of its catchy title I had to look up what's inside.
Later, I searched about it, and as you may guessed my social media feed because all about this book. I didn't buy the book, to be honest. The price was too high, not in my budget. But I found some online copies (probably not legal) but I couldn't resist and read those.
"Courage to be Disliked" is a book by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi that talks about Adlerian psychology (which I was not familiar with before). Unlike many mental health books, rather than giving motivation this book seems like a self-diagnosis to me. Because it shows how to recognize our mental state and establish principals to build happiness.
I have read the whole book, but it's the kind of book that needs to be reread and highlight some points to absorb the theme.
The book was also written in a fun way like dialogs between two person where one gives many philosophical lesson to the other.
If you read my previous posts then you may have had a picture of my life, things are not smooth. And I bet we all are going through somehow the same in a different way.
The idea of 'being a person who can be disliked by others' was a real hit in my mind. My whole life was kind of spent away pleasing people, worrying about their opinion, and not prioritizing my own happiness.
Accepting to be disliked yet contributing to other life to create happiness seems a contradicting term to me at first. However, the psychological approach this book showed helped me to understand it better.
I wouldn't say, I absorbed the whole learning of the book and reflected the same in my life but I enjoyed reading it. The book sure gave me a different perspective of life and approach to dealing with situations.
You can listen to Free Audio Version of the book here- The Courage to Be Disliked
There was a time when I was a regular reader. Now I feel like I'm in a black hole and disconnected from the world of books and imagination. I still time to time read something here and there. But not like the old way, spending time with a book, reading before sleeping, etc.
But the book I have mentioned was exceptional, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, in the last few months. I need to reread it when I get time or listen to the audiobook.
If you are someone who sometimes feels stuck, needs a new approach to deal with life, or sees life from a different perspective to understand the reason for unhappiness then this might be a book for you.
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