Greenlights: Your Journal, Your Journey

Product Information

I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me. I listened to the audiobook, and Matthew is a cheerful narrator who giggles and laughs when he's amused by some aspect of his tale. Matthew has been writing in journals since he was fifteen years old. His adventures have taken him from Texas to Australia, from Mali to Peru--and he has chronicled them all. In this authentic, unconventional journal, the prompts encourage going inside: remembering, reflecting, and musing, and also going outside: adventuring, taking risks, and dreaming big. Who could be a better guide for seekers setting out on the road to understanding their lives inside and out, past, present, and future?

Your Blog post has allowed me to enjoy Mr. McConaughey’s book the way I really need to enjoy it. THANK YOU. and thank you to Mr. McConaughey, MATTHEW for being brave enough to share his experiences because it is bravery to look at your life, laugh at your life, share your best and worst experiences, and ultimately laugh at it all because life is really a big joke. The things that drove us in to rages like Matthew’s stay with the Dooleys, or a bad relationship with a co-worker, later in life, if you are wise, are absolutely laughable and we all should wake up and see them as a ridiculous practical jokes that hopefully have helped grow and be better, humane, compassionate, empathetic people. There are some pieces of good advice, like standing firm with your decisions to forego the easy paths while you wait for the right one.Matthew McConaughey on His Memoir Writing Process: 52 Days Alone in the Desert (Without Electricity!)". People. August 12, 2020 . Retrieved October 21, 2020. There are points when he talks about lying and says that he was raised that it doesn't matter if you tell a big lie, as long as you believe it and it helps you, who cares and that's his personal choice but my thought on that throughout the book was what my parents taught me, "once a liar, always a liar" and "don't retell a lairs tale" so why was I reading one? To me this could have been a great story that he embellished and concocted and those are fine for bar tales but this is a biography and after he said that, it just didn't come off as honest to me. We often don’t get what we want because we quit early or we didn’t take the necessary risk to get it. Ahhhhhh...I am totally listening to Matthew McConaughey! ❤️ Holy crap! So there is something to be said for a memoir where the author reads you their story. You all know the voice...but do you know the story? It’s also a guide to catching more greenlights - and to realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too.

Hopefully, it’s medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing your pilot’s license, going to church without having to be born again, and laughing through the tears. A denied expectation hurts more than a denied hope. A fulfilled hope makes us happier than a fulfilled expectation. Hope has a higher return on happiness.The first step that leads to our identity is usually knowing who we are not, as opposed to knowing exactly who we are. It’s also a guide to catching more greenlights—and to realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too. McConaughey doesn't gossip about celebrity acquaintances, women he's dated, or movie-making scuttlebutt - so readers looking for dirt will be disappointed. But folks wanting to know a bit more about Matthew himself will enjoy the book. Written with great intensity and rare candor, Greenlights is a whirlwind of wisdom that's as singular and fervent as its author. Read the book, experience the behind-the-scenes adventures, then pursue your own greenlights full throttle.' - Shaka Smart, head coach, men's basketball, The University of Texas at Austin It shouldn't surprise you that this book is good, but it will surprise you just how good it is. Wise and entertaining, this is an inspiring memoir and how-to from one of the great outlaw philosophers and artists of our time.' - Ryan Holiday, author of The Daily Stoic

Taking the road less traveled is not necessarily the road with the least traffic. It may be the road that we personally have traveled less. The introvert may need to get out of the house, the extrovert may need to stay home and read a book. Part Four: The Art of Running Downhill: January 1994 He hopes to give his children an opportunity to find what they love to do, work to be great at it, pursue it, and do it. P.S.: 10 Goals in Life His twenties and thirties were contradictory decades, years when he eliminated conditions and truths that went against his grain. Mixing philosophy, 'teachable moments', self-help and Kerouac-inspired memoir, [Greenlights] takes in his remarkable career, finding love and stardom. He felt like he was getting a “B” grade in all five. He decided to eliminate the last two and focus on making an “A” in family, his foundation, and acting.There were a few points where I cringed, I didn't love him and his brother screwing around feigning blindness with a hotel manager as the butt of the joke. I didn't love his get out of jail bongo tale, too many people don't get that privilege.. I dont know, maybe those would have been funny stories if I liked the rest.. probably not, just not for me I guess.. It shouldn't surprise you that this book is good, but it will surprise you just how good it is. Wise and entertaining, this is an inspiring memoir and how-to from one of the great outlaw philosophers and artists of our time. Hopefully, it's medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing your pilot's license, going to church without having to be born again, and laughing through the tears. Then there was him saying that stealing is not bad unless you got caught (he got it from his parents), come on you're 50 year old and if you think this is right then there is something seriously wrong with you.