Vox Hunt: Help Me Out Here
Book: Share a self-help book that meant a lot to you.
i start by stating my long-long-held belief that 99% of self-help books are a great waste of tree.
this belief has been modified in the past year from a belief that 100% of self-help books are a waste of tree.
the book which changed by mind was julia cameron's the artist's way, which i've mentioned before here, but which i think is worth waving about again. i came across this book by accident. i had reached a low point in my belief in my own abilities, and it turned up in waterstone's at just the right moment. in a fit of impulse buying i brought it home, and it has since completely changed my life. yes, it sounds hyperbole, but it helped me to go from being depressed, hating my job, unable to write, unable to believe myself capable of taking on any project for anyone else, and barely able to consider starting anything even just for myself - to where i am now, taking six months off work to work on my music, exploring different creative avenues such as drawing, producing music (albeit slowly), experimenting with new composition techniques, and working on a commission for someone else. i have more confidence in my ability to produce music of a sufficient quality to show other people and am slowly working through a number of self-promotion plans with the aim of getting my music better known.
so yep, the artist's way gets two very enthusiastic thumbs up from me.
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