This book was good to get more insight into Lindy's life but needed more to be motivational. Dec 23, Mikayla rated it did not like it. I got this book because like many other people I have been following bubz for many years. With that being said, this book was quite a disappointment. It read like any other self help book, and didn't provide any new insight. It was semi-interesting to read her experiences but the followup with the preaching made it unbearable.
This is not to say that the content of self help books are useless, but that her rendition of it is no different from those already in stores. I don't really have any resolutions for the new year, because I know I have trouble sticking to them, but I thought that starting the year with trying to get an even more positive outlook on life couldn't hurt. When I heard about the news, I dreaded it was going to be 'just another book', but she started telling about what she was going to be writing about and she got me really excited for this one.
I've followed Lindy on YouTube for quite some years now and always found myself awestruck by her positive outlook on life and her knowledge of who she was. She, to me, is a rolemodel on how I would love myself to be: honest, real, kind and loving. When the release date December 12th was announced, I ordered it straight away and even paid quite a bit extra to have it shipped from the US to my home in the Netherlands within a week I patiently waited out the last days of and started right after I got home January 1st.
Now I've finished it and wow First of all, I think the cover is amazing. It's simple, yet beautiful. It includes what Lindy does or where she started : make make up videos on YouTube. She may love make up, but she likes helping people more.
The mission she gave herself is to make everyone more beautiful about themselves, which I find really inspiring. I believe that, with this book, she can do just that. I think it's a powerful representation of what drives her and what she believes is: no make up can over up an ugly heart which also makes me like the make up on the cover even more.
To me, it kind of feels like a reminder of that belief of her. Her writing was quite simple and sometimes a little generic, but there were some moments where her personality really shone through, like how she categorized 'Would you like extra-large fries with that cheeseburger? With this book she tries to lead by example: she tells about her experiences and what she has learned from them, how those experiences in life impacted her life.
She talks about what she took from those experiences, what she learned. Those lessons can help you, the reader, as well. She talks about thinking positively, being kind and forgiveness. What really inspired me was the part where she said "You cannot escape from you, so you might as well be your own best friend". Kindness to others is important, but kindness to yourself, though often overlooked, is the very most important kind of kindness.
Another part I loved was where she explained how important it is to give yourself some rest now and then. She did that by saying: "We all need time to rest and recuperate: our bodies, minds and souls. If you only charge your phone for five minutes, how can you expect it to run for the five hours you need?
I think this is a great description and really hits close to home. After all, I loved getting to know Lindy so much better and reading about her experiences in life. This book is about getting to know yourself, becoming more positive, being kinder to yourself, giving your negative thoughts less power over you and realizing how truly beautiful we all are.
Willing to try. Willing to learn. The words I literally live by in every single way, shape, and form except for maybe food because I'm really picky.
I've been following Bubz since she started YouTube. I remember when she was like the third most-subscribed YouTuber in the beauty guru department. Her beauty tutorials are the only ones I've ever attempted beachy hair waves, Park Bom make-up tutorial, just to name a the few that I've tried. While my friends who had introduced me to her stopped Willing to try. While my friends who had introduced me to her stopped watching her videos to go onto other beauty gurus, I stayed supporting her.
I wasn't even into beauty whatsoever I'm still not , and yet I chose to still stay subscribed to her. There was a point in time in which I basically stopped watching her altogether. I don't know how many years it was, but I just didn't care to watch her videos. I never liked vlogging videos either so her more consistent vlogging channel was not of my interest. It wasn't until maybe this past year that I really began watching her videos again. I watch her vlogs religiously now, and hey truly make my day a bit happier if it wasn't already.
I'm seriously in love with Ayla, and I only pray that my child is as cute as her. The book overall was good. Perhaps if I wasn't so sure of myself and how I wanted to be, or if I felt lost in my life, this book would resonate with me more. Around this time last year, I read The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment , and that is the self-help book that is still instilled inside of me. I think the issue with me personally is that I was so inspired by the first book that any other book cannot compare to it.
I will be honest, everything Lindy says in this book isn't anything phenomenal. It's nothing new. It's pieces of advice that one can find essentially everywhere. Her overall message is to be happy. The way she advises to be happy is to be kind, compassionate, etc. If that works for her, that is great. However, being kind and caring is something that doesn't do the wonders as it does to Lindy.
I'm more of a "hakuna matata" or "don't give a flying fuck" kind of persona. So what she says in the book isn't bad by all means. In fact, it's really great! I just personally cannot live my life the way she does. As my boyfriend told me, "don't follow advice from someone you don't want to be. Lindy is very inspiring and personable and can easily touch the hearts of many. Thaaat's something I don't want in my life I just have a different aspect on life, I suppose.
For example, Lindy is willing to forgive people who have hurt her and thank them for making her stronger. For me, I don't believe those type of people in my life deserve that type of response. Rather they are just mud to me. You don't get mad at mud for sticking to your shoe or in this case, forgive the mud.
Rather, you wipe it off and never think about it again. Quote paraphrased and taken from And I Darken. These are the differences in personalities and choices of living that really stand out. What I did absolutely love about this book was when she opened about her own personal experiences. Again, her experiences overall were nothing special. They were events that an easy hundred people could experience.
However, it was just that extra personal touch that allowed us readers take a deeper look into Lindy's life before she was so open on YouTube. Those were the passages I appreciated. Her relationship with her mom back then is relatable to me currently. And the way she decided to respond to it in the future her relationship with her mother had me loosen up my anger and hatred that I was and still am harboring towards my parents.
If anything, Lindy's word made me feel a little less bitter and cold in personality. I was so intrigued by it, especially since Tim was writing his thoughts about it as well. You know you're an OG if you remember this. But it was something completely different, recent and relevant. I cried? I can only imagine the pain that they went through during this time. I can't help but to think if I may go through the same thing as they did since I'm planning to marry my boyfriend this upcoming summer.
Will that happen to us as well? Time will only tell. Since I didn't buy Lindy's eye palette I don't wear make-up , I was so excited to buy this book. I don't think it was a waste at all to read this, and I'm sure if I was at a different stage in my life in which I needed guidance about how to go about my life, this would have been an immensely helpful read.
But since those times are no longer in the midst of my life, this was just a nice, easy read. It was refreshing to read such an optimistic outlook on life. I choose to be unstoppable in a different way, but that's what make human kind so fascinating.
All the good and the bad make it interesting to say the least. I loved reading her personal experiences during this whole journey, and I can't wait to see where the future takes her. Congratulations on creating such a wonderful piece of work Lindy. Feb 23, Chloe Lee rated it liked it Shelves: reading-woman-challenge. The overall 3-star rating is an average of 4 stars in a certain chapter, and 1 star in the rest of the book.
In fact, it was almost the sole r The overall 3-star rating is an average of 4 stars in a certain chapter, and 1 star in the rest of the book. In fact, it was almost the sole reason why I continued to read the whole book.
It was refreshing to hear both Lindy and Tim's voices, and hence two viewpoints towards the same incident. Furthermore, it was really brave - it would already be hard enough for a normal human being to talk about a breakdown in a marriage, let alone two rather high-profile Youtube celebrities if you count Tim as one for being constantly featured in Lindy's vlogs.
It also added depth to what they are, especially for those who watch their vlogs, and I used to, when I was growing up. At the very end, upon reading her acknowledgment to Tim, I nearly sniffed out of being touched.
At first glance, the target audience would be those who have watched her channels on a regular basis, because she did refer to those, "As you all know Lindy does not seem to know what genre this book should be either - it seems to be part-memoir, part-self-help. While the former is alright, the latter does not bode very well with me.
The problem might be that Lindy is trying so hard to be positive that sometimes it can sound slightly "off". Take this as an example: I cannot stand being around people who nitpick all the time. Their negativity ends up rubbing off on me. It also contradicted very slightly from her advice on being empathetic and forgiving: When people are cruel, I can only remind myself that there is usually an underlying reason they act that way.
People who are hardest to love are often those who need it the most. It can be difficult to be kind to someone who is unkind to us, but compassion makes it possible. Realize that they are damaged and deserve empathy. So remember to be kind to unkind people, as they need it most. This all brings me to the next topic, one that is very important for building a beautiful heart: forgiveness. Furthermore, there is a line between being polite and being honest, and one does not always have to be the latter if they are being compassionate in their own ways.
However, Lindy takes a strong stance on this, "Anyone who tells you that everything in their life is going perfectly is a LIAR. Likewise, she seems to believe that there is only one standard to adhere to: My husband Tim and I had always been the epitome of the ultimate couple. We met as childhood sweethearts and married after ten amazing years of dating.
People who know us both will tell you that we rarely argued. We are both easygoing optimists, and in so many ways, we fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
Of course we had plenty of ups and downs, but we somehow always found a way to come back to each other. Indeed she has had a beautiful marriage, yet that does not mean it is the ultimate. There is no standard to adhere to. Very final comment: at times it can drag on a little. Personal experiences have enhanced her philosophy of life, yet there are at times too many analogies and examples to illustrate one point, which can also be found in bullet-point form at the end of the chapter.
Clearly it has reaped a lot of positive reviews, though this is probably not aimed for people like me. I would like to add, as a final remark, that this is still one of the books produced by Youtubers which are of a higher calibre I have previously looked at works produced by Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes , and in that sense is worth reading. Jan 20, Alicia rated it it was amazing. I have been a fan of Bubz and her YouTube channel for years.
When I purchased this book last year, I couldn't wait to see what tips she'd give to being unstoppable. What I read was a deep, relatable, touching book that not only told me to view life in a positive perspective, but to love myself, and tell myself that I matter. Her book has touched my heart, and I will do my best to follow her tips and words of encouragement. Feb 23, Kim La rated it it was amazing.
I honestly don't understand how this book could be a disappointment. Sure of her advice may not be new to some, but this is still a book worth reading. In fact, I believe that the "generic" advice she teaches is needed because we often tend to forget them. But there is a lot more new and interesting advice that I've never heard of and really opened my eyes. Highly recommend! Jan 01, Kiki rated it liked it Shelves: memoir. First, I love the person Lindy is, bravo for her in completing and publishing a book!
I will admit that it did take me a while to get going and unfortunately, there are an overload of cliches that I wish were better left somewhere on her blog rather than her book, for me it slowed down the reading and held back her stories.
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This sustainable formula camouflages darkness under the eyes, redness and skin imperfections Quick view. Limited special offer. The shades ethereal and iridescent palette of 6 powders may be applied Lindy Tsang is 34 years old. Born on 6 December , Lindy is an Irish by nationality. However, she has a mixed ethnicity of Chinese-Irish descent. Her hometown Dundonald was a civil parish lying on the eastern fringes of Belfast in Northern Ireland.
But she got to experience a better childhood as her family moved to Glengormley, a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Since the restaurant kept her parents busy, she spent most of her childhood with her grandparents. Similarly, Lindy is very close to her sisters Claire and April.
Moreover, she even has a younger brother namely Ricky. As a child, she was bullied and browbeaten for being Chinese. It continued as she reached to highschool. After her first video, she got inspired to create more beauty content. She posted YouTube video content on makeup tutorials, skincare routines, hairstyle tutorials, and more.
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