I decided to live as me An illustrated checklist for how to stop comparing yourself to others so you can learn to love yourself
Book - 2024
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- Subjects
- Published
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New York, NY :
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
[2024]
- Language
- English
Korean - Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- ISBN
- 9780143138228
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1. Checklist for a Life that Respects Who You are
- Do Not Be Poiite to Those Who Are Not Polite to You
- Don't Go Out of Your Way to Be Miserable
- Don't Get Hurt by Those Who Are Just Passing Through Your Life
- Get Rid of Numbers in Your Life
- Don't Be Affected by What Others Say
- Don't Live a Life of Insults
- Do Not Make Excuses for Yourself
- Remember That No One's Life Is Perfect
- Be Perfectly Content with Being Ordinary
- Don't Allow Anyone to Judge You
- Don't Be Modest to the Point of Low Self-Esteem
- Speak Out for the Right to Respect Yourself
- Part 2. Checklist for Living as Yourself
- Have a Strong Sense of Your Self-Worth
- Seek Out Your Own Life
- Don't Delay Reflecting on What Makes You Happy
- Question What Seems Obvious
- Do Not Live to Please Others
- Don't Be Anyone but Yourself
- Do Not Simply Accept the Common View
- Nurture Your Taste
- Have Your Own Taste
- Confront the Real You
- Discover Where You Can Shine the Brightest
- No Matter How Good It Sounds, See for Yourself
- Part 3. Checklist for Not Being Defeated by Anxiety
- Endure the Uncertainty That Is Life
- Don't Assume You're Alone in Your Problems
- Don't Follow Some BS Script for Life
- Find a Real Solution
- Try Not to Be Oversensitive
- Be Just the Necessary Amount of Sad
- When Things Are Hard, Say They're Hard
- Take Time to Process Things
- Don't Do Something Just Because You're Anxious
- Learn to Go On with Your Day Even When There's 3 Problem
- Part 4. Checklist for Living with One Another
- Have at Least a Basic Level of Respect for One Another
- Don't Try So Hard to Be Understood by Everyone
- Respect One Another's Boundaries
- Become a Generous Individualist
- Stop Making Life About Winning or Losing
- Don't Be a Nice Person Just to Avoid Being Disliked
- Do Not Be Ashamed of Things You Have No Reason to Be Ashamed Of
- You Don't Need to Get Along with Everyone
- Learn to Distinguish Between Something Being Worn and Being Ruined
- Do Your Best for Your Current Relationships
- Go Full Steam Ahead When There's a Green Light
- Express Your Feelings
- Find Someone to Be With
- Part 5. Checklist for a Better World
- Don't Put Yourself Down
- When You Need to, Bear It
- Real Change Takes Time
- Sometimes, Shift to Neutral
- Create Evidence for Hope
- Be Generous
- Do Not Participate in the Hunger Games
- Don't Become a Faint Person
- Ask Yourself What It Means to Be Human
- Become a Lost Soul
- Part 6. Checklist for a Good and Meaningful Life
- Don't Make Happiness Your Life's Purpose
- Live Lightly
- Add Variety to Your Life
- Try Not to Become a Dried Husk
- The Only Thing Within Your Control Is Your Own Happiness
- Think About What You Have Gained
- Say Goodbye to the Past
- Leave a Margin of Error
- Accept Yourself
- Take an Interest in Your Own Happiness
- Love What Is Imperfect
- Ask Yourself How You Want to Live
- Live as an Adult
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments