A long time ago, I bought Eat, Pray, Love for my mom as a birthday present. That was a complete fail because she hated it. She thought the narrator was patronizing and silly. Oh well, that book ended up on my bookshelf, and I enjoyed it. We recently watched the movie, and it was good too. So when I went to the library and spotted Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, I brought it home.
This book focusses on creativity, inspiration and on how to include creativity in our lives. Great topic! I feel like often people are drawn to do things but will find themselves excuses not to go for it and will end up regretting it or not doing anything. Well, this book is the perfect cure for this “I want to, but I won’t” state of mind. Through short, funny and personal chapters, Gilbert explores the different ways in which creativity can be part of our lives and how we can let it be part of our lives.
I have to say, I really preferred this book to Eat, Pray, Love because it feels more honest and more relatable to me. I really love that Gilbert uses personal examples from her path as a writer because it demystifies the whole thing while also bringing creativity to an everyday level. This is the perfect push in the back for anyone who has a project in mind but feels insecure or not qualified enough to embark on the “let’s do it” boat. Very inspiring and fun to read, this is a book to keep on your bedside table and to look at when you’re feeling uninspired. As the chapters are so short and independent, I feel like you could pick the book up, read a few pages, get creative and come back to it some time after for another shot of courage and inspiration. I will definitively put this one on my “To Find” list as I need to bring this copy back to the library soon.
Anyone else read this? What did you think of it?
My Lighthearted Kitchen 
I LOVE this book!
I loved this book!!
I absolutely adored this book – it set all my fear aside and made me excited about my projects again! ❤
It’s so great! 🙂 Good luck with your projects!
Thanks for liking my blog post! I also loved Eat, Pray, Love. This will be a good book to add to my list!
You are very welcome! 🙂
Thanks so much for liking my blog post. I also loved Eat Pray Love. This looks like one I will have to add to my reading list!
I love Elizabeth Gilbert. I actually didn’t care for Eat Pray Love the first time I tried to read it, but I think it just wasn’t the “right time” for me to read it then. When I picked it up again years later I loved it! Big Magic was wonderful too. You should try reading Eat Pray Love Made me Do It. It is a collection of stories from peoples lives about how the book inspired them to do things they never thought they could/would. It is very inspirational as well and each chapter is a different persons story.
That sounds like a great book! Added to my book list. Thanks for the recommendation 🙂
Hey, thanks for the like! This book sounds so interesting and might be great for when I need a little inspo! Xx
My pleasure 🙂
Thank you for the review. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but am lookng forward to it!
Let me know what you think of it once you read it! 🙂
Will do! 🙂