Creating a Personal Playbook for Jump-Starting Each Day
August 30, 2017
Our new Igloo Book Buzz selection is Lisa Currie’s SURPRISE YOURSELF: Get Out of Your Head & Into the World, published this week by TarcherPerigee.
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Credit: Nick Dale[/caption] special in some way. It might be a little thing, like learning something interesting about a co-worker, or something big like taking yourself on an adventure to explore a new neighborhood. I've always loved the idea of never having the same day twice, but I'm also an introverted person who feels very snug in my comfort zone and routine. So this book grew into a collection of the little tricks and nudges and ideas I've collected over the years to see the world with fresh eyes and enjoy more of it in small ways. Like a friend who says, ‘let's try this!’ To be able to fall asleep every night and (at the very least) think, ‘oh that was fun, or that was new!’ “You know those sticker reward charts we had as kids? I love those. The satisfaction of seeing your progress visually, a little more each day or week. In SURPRISE YOURSELF, I made a few ‘reward chart’ pages with a list of every activity in the book. So the
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