Open When by Dr Julie Smith

BATB score: 3/10 😪

Best as: a DIY manual on how to navigate oneself through life’s challenging moments ie. when feeling left out, when feeling like an imposter, with grieve, with negative self-criticism, friendships, regrets, etc

Best for: aliens 👽 trying to impersonate humans 🧍🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️

Best to: like a supportive mentor giving you unsubstantiated advice through life

BATB lingering thought: Dr. Julie Smith, were you in a rush to publish a second book to leverage the good momentum from “Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?” ????

Best quotes: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”

“When a friendship is dependent on you bringing something other than yourself in order to be acceptable, that is not friendship.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“Keep your eyes on where you are going, not where you might have gone.”

“If you judge everyone in the room to be smarter or more competent than you, that makes you the luckiest person in the room [as you can learn from everyone else].”