![]() I’ve had my favourite cookbook since I was 18. You might feel you should keep these books, but if you don’t enjoy cooking from them and don’t use them, you’re doing the gift a disservice. How smart is it really to care so much about what others think of you that you’re willing to keep things you’re not particularly fond of just to make people like you? Cookbooks you don’t enjoy usingĬookbooks often come in the form of gifts from people who like a different style of cooking than you. If you’re holding onto any books for this reason, please let them go. I have nothing to prove to anyone and nor do you. Admitting that to myself made me feel rather sad. I realised I’d been keeping the classic novels because they made me look cultured and intelligent. My favourite type of novel now is one where the protagonist finds themselves. And while I had enjoyed them, I know I’m not going to read them again because I pick different books now. I’d bought and read a lot of classic novels at university. I had a few information books like this, but the main issue for me was with classic literature. You may have paid a lot of many for it, but there’s no point keeping that 400-page study on the diet and disease unless you absolutely love and resonate with it, want to shout about it from the rooftops or come back to it time and time again. Books you think make you look intelligent You’ve learned and will remember the information that matters. Maybe your beliefs or values differ slightly. Maybe you read it once and agreed with some of the points, or possibly all of them, but it no longer feels relevant to you. Here are a few common types of books that you might struggle to let go of, and the reasons why you should: Self-help/guidance books you no longer align with What will my keep pile feel like if I add this book to it?.Hold each one in your hands and ask yourself the following questions: ![]() ![]() Go through each of the books you have left. How does the pile make you feel? It should make you feel happy, content, positive. Now you have your “definitely keep” pile, take a look at it. You can add to the keep pile later, so don’t stress about it. If it’s taking you a while to choose your favourites, you’re not doing it right. They resonate with you and make you feel upbeat.ĭon’t take your time with this. Choosing your favourite books should be easy. I went through each category and picked out the books I absolutely adore. Rather than choosing what you want to let go of, which can be very difficult, focus on what you want to keep. If you have a lot of books, do a combination of the following : If you don’t have many books, you might simply use the categories: The categories I used were fiction, cookbooks, and personal growth/health-related books (an interest of mine). Firstly, put all your books into categories.
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