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Open When... Read When Life Needs Answers

The book was written by Dr. Julie Smith, a psychologist and best-selling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? At first, we didn't expect much with the book, but once we started reading it, it couldn't be laid down.

The format of the book is like a letter from the author to the reader. Each chapter is designed for us to "open and read when..." certain feelings arise in life, whether it's about living with others, dealing with complex emotions, or moments when living with yourself is not easy.

The book discusses many issues that we are all familiar with, such as when the voice in our head becomes the cruelest critic, when we fear that decisions will go wrong, or when we feel that everything comes along, including living with feelings that are hard to deal with, whether it's fear, emptiness, feelings of meaninglessness, or feelings of not being good enough.

Each chapter is easy to read, like talking to someone who really understands what we're going through and telling us, "It's okay." If you don't know the answer right now, it's okay if you're not good enough right now, just make sure we don't let ourselves get stuck in this situation forever.

It's an ideal book to pick up and read on a day when the heart needs someone to sit by quietly and truly understand us.

# welearn # welearnbook # Lemon 8 Howtoo # Book review # Book review worth reading

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... Read moreหลังอ่าน “Open When… เปิดอ่านเมื่อชีวิตต้องการคำตอบ” สิ่งที่เราชอบมากคือรูปแบบที่เหมือนมีคนส่งจดหมายมาหาเราในวันที่ใจไม่ไหวจริง ๆ แค่เห็นหัวข้อ “เปิดอ่านเมื่อ…” ก็เหมือนหนังสือเตรียมคำปลอบและคำแนะนำไว้ให้ตามสถานการณ์ ทำให้หยิบมาเปิดอ่านเป็นช่วง ๆ ได้ ไม่จำเป็นต้องอ่านรวดเดียวจบ สำหรับคนที่กำลังลังเลว่าจะเหมาะกับตัวเองไหม เราว่าหนังสือนี้ตอบโจทย์ 3 แบบมาก ๆ 1) คนที่มี “เสียงนักวิจารณ์ในหัว” ชอบตำหนิตัวเองแรง ๆ เวลาไม่เก่งพอหรือทำพลาด หนังสือจะค่อย ๆ พาเรามองเสียงนั้นแบบไม่ต้องเชื่อทุกคำ และกลับมาใช้ภาษากับตัวเองให้ใจดีขึ้น 2) คนที่กลัวการตัดสินใจผิดพลาด อ่านแล้วเหมือนได้กรอบคิดง่าย ๆ ว่าเราควบคุมอะไรได้/ไม่ได้ และจะค่อย ๆ เลือกสิ่งที่ทำได้ในตอนนี้แทนการจมกับความกลัว 3) คนที่รู้สึกว่างเปล่า ไร้ความหมาย หรือเหมือนทุกอย่างถาโถมพร้อมกัน บางบทช่วย “ชะลอ” ความคิด ให้เราหายใจเป็นจังหวะ และอยู่กับอารมณ์ยาก ๆ แบบไม่ต้องรีบผลักมันออกไป ถ้าใครเสิร์ชหาแนว “why has nobody told me this before quotes” (เพราะผู้เขียนคนเดียวกันกับ Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?) เราว่าหนังสือ Open When… ให้ฟีลคล้าย ๆ กันคือประโยคสั้น ๆ ที่อ่านแล้วสะดุดใจ แต่ต่างตรงที่เล่มนี้เหมือนทำมาเพื่อ “เปิดให้ตรงอารมณ์” มากกว่า เราเลยชอบเก็บไว้ข้างเตียงหรือวางบนโต๊ะทำงาน (ภาพปกวางคู่กาแฟคือฟีลจริงมาก) เพื่อเปิดอ่านตอนต้องการกำลังใจแบบเร่งด่วน ทริคที่เราลองแล้วเวิร์ก: ใช้โพสต์อิทแปะหน้าที่อยากกลับมาอ่านซ้ำ เช่น ตอนที่รู้สึกไม่เก่งพอ ตอนที่กังวลเกินเหตุ หรือตอนที่อยากอยู่เงียบ ๆ กับตัวเอง แล้วเวลาใจตกก็ไม่ต้องไล่หาใหม่ แค่เปิดหน้าที่แปะไว้ โดยรวม เราว่าหนังสือ “เปิดอ่านเมื่อชีวิตต้องการคำตอบ” เหมาะกับคนที่อยากได้ประโยคปลอบใจ+แนวทางเล็ก ๆ ที่ทำได้จริงในชีวิตประจำวัน ไม่ได้สอนให้คิดบวกฝืน ๆ แต่ค่อย ๆ บอกเราว่า “ไม่เป็นไรที่ยังไม่พร้อม” และสำคัญที่สุดคือไม่ปล่อยให้ตัวเองติดอยู่ตรงนั้นนานเกินไป

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