Book Review: "You're Probably Not As Awful As You Think" by Dillon Morefield

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

If you've read any of my other recent book reviews, you'll already know that I start 'em all off in the same way - by saying that every book I read and review starts off with the full shelf of 5 stars and that I'm always hopeful that they will all still be firmly in place by the time I close the back cover.  You'll also know that I'm not shy about removing stars as I feel is necessary but I always give my reasons for doing so, they don't just drop off for no reason at all.

Let's get going with the reading and reviewing shall we?

It's only 84 pages long so a short, hopefully supportive read that I should be able to get through in a couple of hours.

I'm about half way through the second chapter and it's like the author has reached into my soul and said "I understand.  Take my hand and lets get you to a free-er life eh?"

Oooh!  This part of chapter two should be good 'cos it's talking about being "good enough" instead of "perfect" - I think I need to read and take note of then act on every word in this bit!

It might sound weird and you might be shaking your head in disbelief, but I feel physically lighter after reading chapter three... like the authors words have had the key to the heavy iron chains that I've been dragging around for the last 4.5 decades!

Wow!  Chapter four was powerful and I'm gonna aim to continue to be beautifully flawed instead of perfect.

I'm up to page 25 out of 84 so I'm thinking that now would be a good time to stop for my gorgeously impefect lunch of a mug of instant soup rather than the Gordon Black food that everyone seems to idealise.  My lunch will be as simple and comforting as my life from now on.

There have been a few brand names/trademarks that I've let slide up to now, but it's only fair to the other books that this has happened in - I've gotta remove the first (and hopefully only) star.

I love the idea of a gratitude journal... I reckon I'm gonna start doing that on my blog when I've finished the book and got this review up... on bad days it'll just be the tiny things but I'm determined to find at least one thing to be grateful for every day.

Just finished this incredible book and it's another one of those "shoulda been 5 stars" book.  I'm feeling physically lighter and more empowered now, so I'm gonna tell my inner critic that yes, my internet connection is down right now, but I've earnt a hot choccie while I'm rebooting... something that I could never have done this morning!