Failosophy

Written By Omma Ahmed
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Failosophy by Elizabeth Day
Reviewed by Omma
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Everyone experiences failure in some form or another yet often the thought of it can be enough to make you feel inadequate or stop you from trying new things.

This short handbook comprises of 7 key principals of failure and its purpose is to reimagine failure as a regular part of life and to learn from them. Elizabeth includes anecdotes from her own personal life as well as stories from amazing guests from her award-winning Podcast, ‘How to Fail’.

This book made me reassess how I think about my main failures in life such as not having an established career as a 30-something year old, failing my driving test 3 times and failure of being healthy and having a lifelong stoma bag.

It’s a great book to have on hand when you need some hope and positivity in the age of social media and orchestrated perfection.

Highly recommended! 🌸💖

Omma Ahmed

I’ve always loved reading as a kid because it was one of the few Asian-mum approved hobbies although she would have preferred ‘less novels and more school books’! I also grew up in the Harry Potter era so that’s when I really remember falling in love with reading. (Big up my Y7 English teacher for reading a few pages of Philosophers stone at the end of every lesson! You were a real one Mr Williams!) I love being part of this book page (even though I slack massively due to lack of energy and concentration!) because sometimes it felt like a lifeline to help keep me sane. We started it during the time I was feeling really shitty about my Crohn’s disease. It’s been a tough 7 years and the last 3 have probably been the hardest especially mentally so when Linda suggested putting this page together, without hesitation I was down and I’m so proud of us! Writing reviews helped me to organise my thoughts and even resulted in me creating a second Instagram page (@AnOstomateForLife) about my Crohn’s journey. Yes that was a shameless plug and I’m not sorry! Along with reviews, I’ve also loved the creative side of things such as having input in our logo, creating our bookmark and taking book pictures even though it’s awkward af in public! So a few of my fave books: The Godfather by Mario Puzo (made me love the film even more! I’m a self-proclaimed movie buff too btw), Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Healy, The Harry Potter series (obviously), Jemima J by Jane Green, Moonlight over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan, Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple and We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Adichie.

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