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Gratitude: A Day and Night Reflection Journal (90 Days) (Inner World)

Insight Editions

4.8 on Amazon

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Alcoholics Anonymous

AAWS

4.8 on Amazon

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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Cheryl Strayed

4.7 on Amazon

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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Nadine Burke Harris M.D.

4.7 on Amazon

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How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss

Michael Greger M.D. FACLM

4.7 on Amazon

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Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi and Jonathan Lovekin

4.7 on Amazon

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I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It

Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith

4.4 on Amazon

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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

Steve Silberman, William Hughes, et al.

4.7 on Amazon

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Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook

David Werner , Carol Thuman , et al.

4.7 on Amazon

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Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old

Andrew Steele

4.3 on Amazon

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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor

4.7 on Amazon

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The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida , KA Yoshida, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

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Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again

Steven Phillips and Dana Parish

4.5 on Amazon

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What to Expect When You're Expecting

Heidi Murkoff

4.8 on Amazon

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The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello (Image Pocket Classics)

Anthony de Mello

4.7 on Amazon

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mjklinonFeb 14, 2015

Recommended book: "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was" by Barbara Sher.

Not that it will solve your problem but it will give you some perspective on it.

imponOct 28, 2010

I was in a very similar situation. I was 21, studying mechanical engineering, not sure what to do with my life, but had high expectations. One book that helped me a lot was "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was": http://www.amazon.com/Could-Anything-Only-Knew-What/dp/04405...

The book sounds corny, but it can help you get a better perspective on your life. Make sure to actually do the exercises.

rdoubleonAug 4, 2013

Cal Newport's advice is more along the lines of "Do what you're really good at, rather than only what you love."

That's interesting, as other career gurus argue the opposite view. For example Barbara Sher, author of "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was" gives the example of herself as an unhappy stay-at-home mom. She is an expert at cooking, changing diapers, and other aspects of child rearing. If she pursued what she was really good at, she'd be limiting her options to work as a nanny, or perhaps open a day-care center.