Wake up! : a handbook to living in the here and now : 54 playful strategies to help you snap out of autopilot

Wake up! A handbook to living in the here and now : 54 playful strategies to help you snap out of autopilot

Chris Baréz-Brown

Book - 2017

Wake Up! is a series of ideas designed to help people break free from autopilot. It's that feeling of driving a long distance and arriving at a destination with little memory of the journey. It happens because when we are doing routine activities our subconscious takes over to save energy. From climbing a tree to writing a letter, here are over fifty playful ideas that will engage our imagination and stimulate our senses, each broken down into an insight, a plan, and the payoff. Now, we can snap out of it, and truly connect to family, friends, work, and ourselves.

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Subjects
Awareness.
Distraction (Psychology)
Attention.
Published
New York : Experiment [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Chris Baréz-Brown (author)
Item Description
"Originally published in the UK as Wake Up! Escaping a Life on Autopilot by Penguin Life in 2016."
Physical Description
296 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781615194100
  • Introduction
  • Breathe
  • Tune in
  • Power up
  • Plug in
  • Listen to your body
  • Lost in music
  • Why now?
  • Wakey wakey.
Review by Library Journal Review

Psychologies magazine columnist Baréz-Brown's first book provides an antidote for living on autopilot-going passively through the motions, feeding off of existing habits, and never stopping to experience or enjoy the moment. Using experiments designed to awaken readers to their own body and surroundings, his advice ranges from journaling and turning off the TV to cooking from scratch and climbing a tree. The message is complemented by drawings, space for writing, quotations, and "payoffs" for the rewards of each exercise. VERDICT This fun book stimulates the imagination and will definitely add spice to readers' lives. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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