Tag: Yearly Recap

It seems like my yearly cadence will continue this year. I continued spending minimal time on social media and other attention vampires this year and continued to read more. I managed to complete these books this year (hit me up if you want to know my take on any of them):

– Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) by Eline Snel https://amzn.to/4fLWNy6

– Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund https://amzn.to/40o41DZ

– A Grace Disguised Revised and Expanded: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry Sittser https://amzn.to/4fMfxNJ

– How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key https://amzn.to/3WaeD6V

– A Cloud by Day, a Fire by Night: Finding and Following God’s Will for You by A.W. Tozer https://amzn.to/40n3wdc

– Taming the Technology Monster: 8 Guiding Principles for Raising Digital Natives by Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP https://amzn.to/3W95knF

– Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, M.D. https://amzn.to/3DTJw9a

– The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt https://amzn.to/3W2NdQ3

– The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. https://amzn.to/3DTVDmB

– The Bible (ESV) https://www.esv.org/ (yes, I read the entire Bible again this past year)

I thought about writing a short blurb about each book but I found that more difficult than I initially estimated. So, no blurbs. I can say that for me, my life is much richer having read these books than having spent the equivalent amount of time scrolling.

See you in 2026 most likely .

hey peeps. Long time since I’ve posted anything here. Figured with a new year I’d let you know where I disappeared to. Somewhere along the way in 2023 I decided to be much more intentional with my time which meant very little time on social media. One way I replaced that time is with reading, among other things, and managed to complete these books this year (hit me up if you want to know my take on any of them):

– The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by Mark Comer https://amzn.to/3ttTGsx

– Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez https://amzn.to/41F490R

– Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule https://amzn.to/3H5ahWO

– Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport https://amzn.to/41GGSeS

– So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport https://amzn.to/3vohBu4

– Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss https://amzn.to/47sjmnm

– Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas https://amzn.to/3NRrhn1

– The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller https://amzn.to/3NHZrcH

– Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics by R.C. Sproul https://amzn.to/48Baug6

– The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt https://amzn.to/3S2bkNe

– Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport (not pictured) https://amzn.to/3S2Nz7Q

– The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (not pictured) https://amzn.to/3Tr4LV3

– The Bible (ESV) https://www.esv.org/

I can say that for me, my life is much richer having read these books than having spent the equivalent amount of time scrolling. I’m definitely not spending much time writing blogs, though I’d love to share more long form content.

See you in 2025 most likely .