Book Review: Go Ahead & Like It

Go Ahead & Like It

Jacqueline Suskin

This is a quick-read book offering a unique method for feeling good about life again.  Have you heard the advice that happiness is all about how we view things?  It is not obtained through external events, rather in how we view ourselves and the world.  We are in control of our happiness.  But, sometimes external events overwhelm and this book offers one method to prompt positive reflection. 

The author simply writes lists of what she likes.  She has done this since she was young.  Take this one step further to intimacy.  She shares her ‘I like’ lists with friends and perhaps acquaintances.  She shares many list examples in the book, her history of list making, and preferred situations for listing.

I like the “I like” lists because they are spontaneous, freeing, quick, and can be done anywhere / anytime.  I like birds flying, purple flowers, sounds that I can identify, clean sheets, and a good stretch.

I almost did not select this book because the cover title was small and the short introductory paragraph on the internet was not clear whether the book was to spark creativity or to help me organize my life.  I think the lists could be a useful creativity exercise.

Disclosure:  I received this book at no cost to review from Blogging for Books.com.