A Review of a Popular Book: Not Worth the Hype.
I just finished reading “The mountain is you” book, and to be honest, I didn’t like it much.
I picked it because almost every YouTuber suggested it was great, but it didn’t meet my expectations.
The way it talks can be annoying, and it keeps saying the same things over and over again.
It’s a very big book, 240 pages, but it feels like it could have been shorter, maybe around 150 pages.
I enjoy reading, but this book didn’t make me happy.
I usually want to feel good after finishing a book, but this one didn’t make me feel that way. I did like some parts, but the rest wasn’t so good.
It’s disappointing when a book that everyone says is amazing turns out to be just okay.
Even though there were some good parts, the whole thing wasn’t great.
I’ll be more careful when choosing books next time.
Maybe I didn’t like it because the words used were too extreme, and my English skills were not that great.
Every book should aim to be understandable for everyone. You might like this one, or maybe not; I’m just sharing my opinion.
The parts I love:
If you don’t put the phone down feeling inspired or relaxed, you’re probably trying to avoid some kind of discomfort within yourself — the very discomfort that just might be telling you that you need to change.
Instinct is not a feeling (you don’t have an “instinct” that you’re sad today); instinct is quickly moving yourself out of harm’s way without having to think about it.
A mind-blowing, singular breakthrough is not what changes your life. A microshift is. Breakthroughs are what happen after hours, days, and years of the same mundane, monotonous work.
This is because the outcomes of life are not governed by passion; they are governed by principle.
If you want to spend less time on your phone, deny yourself the chance to check it one time today. If you want to eat healthier, drink half a cup of water today. If you want to sleep more, go to bed 10 minutes earlier tonight than you did last night.
If you deny and reject any kind of real challenge in your life, your brain will compensate by creating a problem to overcome.
You do not let go by simply willing yourself not to care anymore. This is something that people who have never been hung up on something would assume. This is something that people who have never been deeply attached to something for a sense of safety and security and love and their future believe.
There is nothing wrong with you because you almost get angry when people tell you to just “let go” so nonchalantly, as though they couldn’t fathom the storms in your head and heart.
You start to let go on the day you take one step toward building a new life and then let yourself lie in bed and stare at the ceiling and cry for as many hours as you need.
You start to let go on the day you realize that you cannot continue to revolve around a missing gap in your life, and going on as you were before will simply not be an option.
This is the moment you realize that you will never find peace standing in the ruins of what you used to be.
Thank you!
