20,000 Days and Counting [Book Review]

I devoured this book in less than an hour! This is a book I want to buy for every single person I know. When you read the praises in the front of the book you will think they are lying because they are all about how your life won’t be the same and you’ll be changed but after reading the book I can guarantee without a doubt they are 100% correct. Andy Andrews lead me into a short and sweet book that said everything perfectly about instead of counting DOWN your days count them UP, really living each day as it was your last because one day it will be. There are so many things that can be said about this book, so many amazing statements that were made that I starred and underlined. Such as, “I know I will die but I do not know how long I will live,” and “remember that it’s the little things that add up to the big picture.”

I think what stood out to me most while reading this book is that so much of life is about changing your perspective. He talks about how if you knew it was your last day on earth you would probably spend most of it trying to figure out what to do so you could make it count, and then most of it would be wasted. So everything you do should be looked at from an eternal perspective. And then how you may be mad that it is raining on your last day because you wanted sunshine but think about how amazing the rain is, how it makes things grow, the smell of rain that cannot be copied. It is all about the perspective you have as you go through each day. Count each day up, each day you are allowed to live.

I promise you that if you spend an hour reading this book that will be time well spent that you will carry what you read with you and you will want to read it over and over again.

I have been alive for 10,197 Days, what about you?

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Full Disclosure: I received this book free from Booksneeze in exchange for my own review but the opinions expressed are completely mine.