My Reading Journey Backwards and Forwards

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Choose Hard Live Easy

A Book About Making Better Choices – By MJ DeMarco

Start: March 21, 2026

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Reflections and Random Thoughts

This is one of those books that I’d read again IF I didn’t hate the delivery. Marco has a flamboyant style – which is probably necessary to deliver this kind of message – but as I’ve mentioned before I don’t like made up words – like eventuality, momentality, pastuality – (see spell checker doesn’t like them either) but the message is worth hearing anyway.

This book is where the concept of commonplace books comes in handy – I can essentially rewrite it without all the drama – and in fact that is what I’m going to do.

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Key Take-Aways

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My Rating

What Everyone Else Thinks

It’s only got 10 reviews so far on Amazon but it’s only been out for a month – they are all 5 star reviews.

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13 Minutes – It Should Be Doable

I am so annoyed with myself. It’s been 8 months since I even looked at this site. So many reasons – but none of them really add up to “I didn’t have time”. I actually don’t allow those words in my vocabulary – I didn’t take the time. That’s the truth. A few years ago there was a wonderful website that focused on spending just a few minutes a day, or perhaps it was a week on your “heart project”. They didn’t call it that, but that’s what it was. I wish it still existed. I would sign up right now.

I can say that in that 8 months I didn’t miss a day of playing Gardenscapes, Bingo or Solitaire. Until last week – when I quit all of them. I read a great article about “Tool Shaped Objects” It’s on Twitter/X – which I had a hellava time finding.

A tool shaped object feels, looks and acts like a tool, but doesn’t accomplish anything. The takeaway for me was when I play a game I’m tricking my mind into thinking I’m doing something useful. I need to let boredom happen.

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