Sunday, 29 March 2026

The Unexpected Joy Of The Ordinary by Catherine Gray











Started: 26.3.26

Finished: 29.3.26

Hardcover

This was a bonus read in March, something I found whilst browsing Amazon and thought I might find interesting. I did; it's a really well-written and well-researched book about finding joy and acceptance in the everyday, average and normal. Bits of it weren't really relevant to me, and I did skip a few pages here and there, but I enjoyed the rest and it's given me a lot to think about. The section about phone usage has already made me make changes to my notifications and layout of app icons, and I'm going to try (again) to wean myself off Facebook and Instagram. It's interesting that I happened to read this just after the clocks have gone forward; I feel like spring-cleaning my phone and social media! I particularly liked the suggestion to make your home screen wallpaper something that you enjoy, and which you could be doing if you weren't on your phone, so mine is now a pile of books that I'd like to read!

I'm glad that I got a physical copy of this book, as it's something I think I might re-read on occasion, and maybe annotate, when I need a little reminder that I am enough.

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