Reading might not be about finding the 'right answer,' but about finding oneself

I love reading.
Especially self-help books and business books.

I like learning new ways of thinking,
and it's also interesting to encounter skills I didn't know,
or little life hacks.

I think I've probably always been
looking for
tips to make life easier in those kinds of books.

How can I live more easily?
How can I find a way that suits me?
How can I move forward without pushing myself too hard?

I've been thinking about things like that for a long time.

Of course, I knew somewhere
that the right answer is different for everyone.

A method that worked for someone else
doesn't necessarily suit me.
No matter how popular a way of thinking is,
sometimes it just doesn't feel right for who I am now.

That's why,
rather than looking for 'the one and only right answer,'
I might have been reading so many books
to find methods that suit me.

This morning, it suddenly occurred to me.
Maybe the more options you have,
the better.

If you only know one way,
it becomes painful when it doesn't fit.
But if you know a few,
you can choose again, thinking, 'Maybe this one is better for me right now.'

Moreover, I feel that the perspective to discern which one suits you
also becomes more accurate the more you have.

But for that,
you still have to know yourself to some extent.

When am I feeling energetic,
and when do I feel worn out?

What fits me,
and what leads to me pushing myself too hard?

What kind of approach is easy to continue,
and what kind of method makes me feel distressed right away?

If you don't know those things,
even if you have options,
I think you won't be able to choose well.

But this is also difficult.
Even if you say 'know yourself,'
you are not always the same person.

If your environment changes, your way of feeling changes too.
If your mental or physical state is different, the methods that suit you will also change.

Things that were good for me yesterday
might be a bit heavy for me today.
There are things I could work hard at before that I can't work hard at now.

So what's important
might not be to decide once and for all 'I am this kind of person,' but
to be able to properly look at who I am at any given moment.

Increase your options so that you can encounter methods that suit you.
Try out things that catch your interest.
If something doesn't fit, adjust it little by little.
Customize it to your own specifications while making fine adjustments.

Even if such strength isn't entirely perfect,
just by growing it little by little,
perhaps life becomes easier for people to live.

Reading books is
not about applying someone else's correct answer directly to yourself,
but about increasing the materials to find a way of life that suits you.

And, the one who chooses in the end
is always yourself.

It is.