You Only Die Once

How to Make It to the End with No Regrets

De: Jodi Wellman

Narrado por: Jodi Wellman

A kick-in-the-pants wake-up call to start living meaningfully in light of how many Mondays you have left from longtime coach, positive psychology expert, and Penn Resilience Program instructor Jodi Wellman

How many Mondays do you have left?

Does that question send you into a panic spiral, or are you convinced that, unlike everyone in the history of life on earth, you will somehow avoid the tragic end and live to tell the tale? Statistically, we get about 4,000 Mondays in our lifetime, so if you're halfway through your life, you might have roughly 2,000 Mondays to go. The good news is that you are in charge of how you spend those days: toiling at a job you hate, or creating a career you love; scrolling mindlessly for hours a day, or pursuing the hobbies and travel that light you up; dreading the end, or living a full life that allows you to greet the Grim Reaper with a smile.

Built around the principles of positive psychology, You Only Die Once is the jolt that will bring you back to life, no near-death experience required. Full of practical takeaways and research-backed content, this book will motivate readers to take action on the life they want to be living, acting like a defibrillator for the soul. Accompanied by author Jodi Wellman's charming illustrations, this book won't lecture you about eating more kale or insist that the only path forward is to quit your job and move to Provence (although it's not not suggesting you do that either. The latter, that is. We'd never ask anyone to eat more kale.). Instead, it's a real-life guide to small changes that reawaken your passion and curiosity for life. Packed with inspiring stories, exercises, quizzes, quotes, and a step-by-step plan to awaken the liveliest version of you, You Only Die Once is the healthy dose of mortality you need to start living with urgency and meaning.

I tried

I really tried to get through this book; the author often retreated into “cutesy” and self-amused voice inflections; also, I found the incessant references to alcohol annoying. Maybe reading the actual book would be a better option for me.

Makes me want to live my life to the fullest!

This is an amazing book! I thoroughly enjoy every minute of it! Jodi is a brilliant author! Her dark sarcasm and snarky humor had me laughing out loud throughout the entire book! I truly want to embody Memento Mori in the most positive way! Such a wonderful, motivational book - definitely worth reading!

outstanding material read by the delightful author! must read for every one!

The voice, the humor, and the material! ALL of it! The exercises are stellar 👌 ✨️ 🙌, Print out and do the exercises.

SO GOOD

Not gonna say it’ll solve all your life problems but…you know. 👀 I just finished reading this and I’m about to go back and listen to it all over again just to soak everything in. PLEASE GET THIS BOOK IT IS SO WORTH IT.

Jodi’s sense of humor on a morbid topic

I Loved the wake up call to live life to its fullest while you can.