I usually put off reading most of the popular books by all the hype around them so I didn't really have high expectation for this one. However, it turned out that I'm more fond of this book than I thought.
3.5/5
Typically, I go back and forth between two books at the same time. The way I decide to pick on this book is for whenever I feel down or overly sentimental (it seems to be a good slap to put myself back together somehow). Yes, it didn't disappoint me. I was called out for many problems that I've been having with myself: decision-making based on emotional intuition, an endless loop of committing to action by (wrongly) starting it with motivation, not knowing how to determine good/bad values that can promote better mental health.
In the latter half of the book, Mark gave advice on relationships which is not something that I'd completely agree with and I also found it a bit clichéd. Apart from that, his discussion on death is more like shining a light upon himself rather than convincing the readers to go with his reasoning.
In my opinion, this groundbreaking book by Mark Manson is an interesting one to read, especially for whom usually overidentifying with their emotions.

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personal notes:
- 'hedonic treadmill': "the idea that we're always working hard to change our life situation, but we actually never feel very different." /p.35/
- "If you want to change how you see your problems, you have to change what you value and/or how you measure failure/success." /p.79/
- "Don't just sit there. Do something. The answers will follow."
- "Action isn't just the effect of motivation; it's also the cause of it." /p.160/
- "Action -> Inspiration -> Motivation" /p.161/
- "Yet, in a bizarre, backwards way, death is the light by which the shadow of all of life's meaning is measured. Without death, everything would feel inconsequential, all experience arbitrary, all metrics and values suddenly zero." /p.195/