This book, obviously, discusses types of moods. For example, the author takes her real-life experience to elaborate on why people always face different moods and how to make ourselves feel better when haunted by these moods. Her words are simple yet profound; with detailed scenarios are described, readers can quickly get into the mood and the situation she portrayed. After explaining how things affected our moods, the author would share how she and other outstanding people (maybe a singer, a writer, a filmmaker, etc.) deal with it. Solid solutions and tips are listed, but let’s be honest, we all know the principles: face the problem, escape doesn’t help, blaming others is useless. What’s difficult is to carry all this stuff out, and it is a huge challenge to us human beings. I love the author did not fake it, saying changing isn’t that hard. Instead, she frankly speaks out that she just cannot make it sometimes, she is still an ordinary person like we do, after all. As a result, she would try other ways to reconcile with her negative thoughts, which may shed light on her readers like me.
Apparently, I chose this book not only because my friend kept saying how it blew her mind but also because I wanted to clarify my messy, intertwined thoughts regarding moods. Like I said in log 1, I write to release my stress. When writing my own stories, expressing what I feel, what I think, and what I want to say becomes relatively essential. If I cannot organize my thoughts and turn them into words precisely, no one can understand me and why I wrote. In my opinion, this book could be the perfect example of illustrating invisible feelings and raising readers’ resonance.
My favorite part of this week’s reading was when she wrote about her writing anxiety. Numerous questions popped out in her head continuously: What-if no one buys it? What-if I cannot finish it? What-if people don’t like it? The past writing failures caught her in chains, and she was too afraid yet too excited to write. So she tried each time only focused on one word, and to her and my surprise, it worked. “One word at a time. One sentence. One book. It mimicked the structure of life. One moment. One day. One life. As books were written in words, life was lived in moments. The word I was paying attention to would lead to the next. The moment I was living in now would roll into my future.” It dawned on me that writing is actually not that hard as long as I put my whole effort and do my best in every word. Then everything would be okay. No matter writing or life, they will just be alright.
After reading your log, I'd like to borrow this book from Jade, too! As everyone know, I'm a busy person and I need to face lots of emotions created every day, no matter it's about my job, my club, or my family. I usually get anxious when I drowned in those mood. So that motivates me to read this book and see how other people dealing with their mood. And I think I can learn something useful from this book.
ReplyDeleteI always can strike a chord in mind when other people say it is so hard to reconcile with their mood. Issues concerning about emotion used to annoyed me every single days. For me, it is so easy to be shacked in one negative emotion, while so hard to figure it out how these feeling come from. It's good to know that this book teach us how to process these moods and how to define them.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you when you wrote, "If I cannot organize my thoughts and turn them into words precisely, no one can understand me and why I wrote."
ReplyDeleteSometimes I feel anxious and cynical, but I don't know how to describe it and where it came from. After reading your review, I would love to borrow this book, and maybe it could help me figure out my emotion as well!