october reading recap 📚

We are all the unreliable narrators of our life stories. When we look at our days, we’re often the main character and everyone else plays a supporting role. What could you learn if you told your personal story from the perspective of a different character in your life?

Your story can be a reminder to ask the big questions that will guide you, and make the small choices that sustain you. Your identity can ground you—serving as a reminder to be intentional about the work you do and deliberate about creating the future you want to see.

Every day I walk away with some new nugget about the way I want to live my life—in service to others, accepting that I am always a work in progress, being more compassionate and more forgiving.

I’ve always had an unwavering belief that everything is made of stories: that we can break down our world into stories we tell ourselves and each other. For meaning, for belonging, for purpose, for faith. In stories, we find something to hold onto. Stories are what bind and make us. How we form relationships, yes, but also the essence of our relati

Reading and writing were therefore inseparable activities. They belonged to a continuous effort to make sense of things, for the world was full of signs: you could read your way through it; and by keeping an account of your readings, you made a book of your own, one stamped with your personality.