I just completely re-organized our living room.
I moved all the children’s books from a closet (where tiny baby and toddler hands couldn’t make huge messes of them), out into the living room where they can be reached now by big-boy hands and responsibly enjoyed.
In order to do this I had to relocate a good portion of our library.
As I was dusting off books and looking through titles I found myself smiling, either remembering the stories, remembering where I was when I read the book or the time of life I was in, or the person who gave it to me.
For all the technology that now exists, for me there will probably never be a better way to consume the written word than by reading a book or a journal.
There’s just something magical about holding a book in your hands.
I’ve held thousands of books, but writing one myself is a dream that still eludes me.
In a world where I could freeze time and just write, here’s 10 books I want to write:
1. Start as You Mean to Go
2. Why Mom was Right About Traveling
3. Our Way Isn’t the Only Way
4. Put Down Your Phone
5. How to Stay Unpopular in the Parenting World
6. Parent Like it’s 1980
7. Eleven Insane (but true) Things About Parenting
8. Being Unplugged is the New Black
9. Where Families are Headed in the Next Five Years
10. Don’t Buy That, Create This
So what about you?
Hit comment below and let us know what book or books you would write.
Who knows, maybe we’ll all be published authors someday.
I would read most of those. I like “How to stay unpopular in the parenting world”. We have an extensive library in our home too but I have a list of books I want to write – some of which I am currently working on. Some of which I don’t really want my children to read until they are older. I do, however, find all the little things my kids do to be a great source of inspiration for children’s books.
I agree Melaine! So do you have children’s books in the works?! We have our first product launching mid-Novemeber. It’s a series of original children’s audio stories. All written and recorded by my husband Chris. Might be up your alley. We don’t do any screen time beyond the occasional TV show, which from your About page sounds a lot like you guys. Do you guys ever listen to audio stories?
I love this. My favorite is “Parent like it’s 1980.” My book would be called Different Families Make Different Choices. xoxo
I LOVE that Lindsey. Feels to me sometimes like there’s too much judgement and not enough seeking to understand. Would I be correct in guessing one of your chapter titles would be “There’s room for all of us?” ;)
RELATIONSHIP
-the most important natural resource.
Title and subtitle for a book I want to write :)
I’m going to start soon! It was so good to meet you guys at Podcast Movement.
Love that title Patrick. You would be a great author for that book. Every time I saw you at PM14 you were relating with someone! Give Axel and Sarah a squeeze for us.
And my sister if you see her, she’s visiting Portland right now.