Reflection on Starting to Read My Second Book (Atomic Habits by James Clear)

Finally decided to read my second book: Atomic Habits. After finishing the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” I realized I really love reading and today I embark on my own personal reading journey because I chose to read this book on my own decision based on Thomas Frank. Thomas has not let me down so far with just about any of his recommendations so far from Habitica to the Eisenhower method and listening to his podcasts all summer. I knew this book recommendation would be good!

The book immediately caught my attention from the start. It starts off with James traumatic story of being hit by a baseball bat and his family freaking out. His slow recovery and even returning to baseball. Although he had a rough start, James turned this setback into his greatest achievement as he was determined to get back into playing baseball. He created his own website then created articles that people liked. He used the 1% rule which involved finding something you can improve by at least 1% each day which will allow you to reap big results in the future because if you make yourself worse by 1% each day you are on the wrong path to failure. Succeeding in small things will allow you to accumulate big wins over time.

This book is already promising and immediately stole my attention 25 pages in. This is my first time using an ebook to read books and it definitely is a game changer. I worry less about the paper getting wet or carrying around a book in the car. I realized that reading books helps me drastically switch my mindset and it’s kind of like watching a YouTube video or show where there is knowledge to learn.

(Entry taken from Reading Journal on Atomic Habits)

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