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Practice Self-Care With These 5 Motivational Books

It's always a good time to practice self-help and self-care.

Lindsay Borgen

Mar 12, 2019

Pennsylvania State University

Practice Self-Care With These 5 Motivational Books

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Whether you're feeling like you're stuck in a rut, are looking to take your next big step in life, or are just ready to improve your life and happiness, self-help books are a great place to start. By consuming the knowledge and experience from authors who have been in your shoes, you can help yourself break through barriers and achieve everything you want in life.

If you're ready to indulge in some self-care and motivate yourself to find more happiness, dive into one of these five fantastic books:

1. "A Year of Yes" by Shonda Rhimes

Get inspired to stop saying "no" to unexpected adventures and embrace what life throws your way. Shonda Rhimes challenged herself to say "yes" to everything life threw at her for a full year and chronicled how this completely changed her life for the better.

2. "Unf*ck Yourself" by Gary John Bishop

This is a great read to help you move past your self-imposed limitations, empower yourself, leave your anxieties behind, and improve your life.

3. "YOU Are a Badass" by Jen Sincero

Jen Sincero is a success coach who compiled her best pieces of advice, meaningful stories, and healthy exercises you can put to use to help make you happy into this great book. Quit behaviors that keep you from achieving what you want and replace them with motivation to create a life you love.

4. "10% Happier" by Dan Harris

This book is all about the power of meditation. Author Dan Harris is a firm believer in the benefits of meditation and gives his own personal look into how he achieved a life of self-actualization and spirituality through meditation.

5. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson

You don't ALWAYS have to look for the good side in things to be a happy human. Mark Manson works to redefine what it means to become a happier person by talking about life in a brash, raw, and real way and helping you learn how to accept that sometimes life will give you low points.

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Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

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Summer is hot and humid, and it's almost like summer was made specifically to drink the refreshing, cold, crisp wonderful, delicious, nutritious nectar of the gods. Which is none other than beer; wonderful cold beer. With summer playing peek-a-boo around the corner while we finish up this semester, it's time to discuss the only important part of summer. And if you haven't already guessed, it's beer. There are few things I take more seriously than my beer, in order are: sports... and beer. Here are my favorite summer brews:

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Practice Self-Care With These 5 Motivational Books

It's always a good time to practice self-help and self-care.

1. "A Year of Yes" by Shonda Rhimes

2. "Unf*ck Yourself" by Gary John Bishop

3. "YOU Are a Badass" by Jen Sincero

4. "10% Happier" by Dan Harris

5. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

20. When they give you a lot of guac at Chipotle

21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

22. Home-cooked meals

23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

25. Butterflies in your stomach

26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

27. When you can't stop laughing

Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

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Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

Corona

75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

24. “If you’re gonna be somebody’s heartbreak, somebody’s mistake, if you’re gonna be somebody’s first time, somebody’s last time, be mine.”

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)