F in early 30s. Feel pretty lost and directionless sometimes and have not aced adulting. I googled and read on this thread that a lot of people had suggested the midnight library. I just finished it and I'm unimpressed. I feel like I learned nothing that I wouldn't have learned from the summary itself and it was the most obvious outcome/life lesson for me. BUT, this was my first book that was self help and fictional. My fav self help book of all time is you're a badass. I have ' girl wash your face ' sitting half read in my shelf (didn't find relatable lessons on there) and I've read untamed too. I'm not an avid reader so I've gone with the most common/famous self help books out there. I've read some thriller just to get lost in the world and find something gripping enough to get back to reading and my fav of all times is Harry Potter lol. So as you can guess, the spectrum is huge although my late twenties and early 30s I've been mostly reading self help.
Suggestions? Any good and gripping fictional self helps ? Should I get back to thriller?
As I mentioned, I'm not good at adulting and frequently trying to start a new hobby or clean more often and have not followed through. I was thinking the most obvious route is atomic habits but idk if it will be too much right now. Feels like a light read might be next in order.
Edit: major mood currently is feeling like a failure in all areas of life and lacking motivation for everything. Comparing life to others and staring at their achievements knowing damn well in my logical brain that that's the last thing I'm supposed to do.
by Hungry_Explanation31
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Gliff – Ali Smith
The Underground Railroad is an excellent book to get back into reading, as well as an excellent book in general. It’s fiction, not a difficult read and a good page turner. It’s about a runaway slave and “The Underground Railroad” which in this story is an actual underground railroad used to help get runaway slaves to safety. It is a great story.
I love self help too and I’d recommend Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy. It’s not fiction but it’s only 100 pages and packed with top tier advice. A good choice to get the feeling of getting another book under your belt because it’s so short.