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What if the secret to resilience and joy is the one thing weve been taught to avoid?
When was the last time you tried something new? Something that wont make you more productive, make you more money, or check anything off your to-do list? Something youre really, really bad at, but that brought you joy?
Odds are, not recently.
As a sh*tty surfer and all-around-imperfect human Karen Rinaldi explains in this eye-opening book, we live in a time of aspirational psychoses. We humblebrag about how hard we work and we prioritize productivity over play. Even kids dont play for the sake of playing anymore: theyre building blocks to build the ideal college application. But were all being had. Were told to be the best or nothing at all. Were trapped in an epic and farcical quest for perfection. We judge others on stuff we cant even begin to master, and its all making us more anxious and depressed than ever. Worse, were not improving on what really matters.
This book provides the antidote.(Its Great to) Suck at Somethingreveals that the key to a richer, more fulfilling life is finding something to suck at. Drawing on her personal experience sucking at surfing (a sport shes dedicated nearly two decades of her life to doing without ever coming close to getting good at it) along with philosophy, literature, and the latest science, Rinaldi explores sucking as a lost art we must reclaim for our health and our sanity and helps us find the way to our own riotous suck-ability. She draws from sources as diverse as Anthony Bourdain and surfing luminary Jaimal Yogis, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Jean-Paul Sartre, among many others, and explains the marvelous things that happen to our mammalian brains when we try something new, all to discover what shes learned firsthand: itisgreat to suck at something. Sucking at something rewires our brain in positive ways, helps us cultivate grit, and inspires us to find joy in the process, without obsessing about the destination. Ultimately, it gives youfreedom: the freedom to suck without caring is revelatory.
Coupling honest, hilarious storytelling with unexpected insights,(Its Great to) Suck at Somethingis an invitation to embrace our shortcomings as the very best of who we are and to open ourselves up to adventure, where we may not find what we thought we were looking for, but something way more important.
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