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The 5 Life-Changing Books I’ve Read So Far This Year

4 min readSep 10, 2024

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This year, I’ve renewed my reading efforts, trying to read 75 books by the end of the year. I’ve also placed a particular emphasis on reading relevant, good books that I know will benefit my life.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss

Many of these I’ve read this year have been recommended by people close to me or by other creators/authors I respect and trust. Here are some of my favorites so far from 2024 and what each of them has taught me:

#1: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

I wrote a piece describing the four lessons I learned from this book here. If you want the condensed version, read on because I attempted to synthesize my favorite points in a few paragraphs.

This book is insanely eye-opening and fascinating to read.

“We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into…

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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE

Written by Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE

B.S. in Family Science, Research Assistant for Alabama Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education, Family Life Educator, and amateur yapper. (:

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