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by (shelved 95 times as prose)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,810,383 ratings — published 1925

by (shelved 81 times as prose)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,331,258 ratings — published 1949

by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,352,867 ratings — published 1942

by (shelved 79 times as prose)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,441,536 ratings — published 1945

by (shelved 77 times as prose)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,842,310 ratings — published 1951

by (shelved 72 times as prose)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,772,057 ratings — published 1960

by (shelved 69 times as prose)
avg rating 3.87 — 931,448 ratings — published 1955

by (shelved 68 times as prose)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,826,590 ratings — published 1890

by (shelved 67 times as prose)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,049,531 ratings — published 1866

by (shelved 64 times as prose)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,808,799 ratings — published 1818

by (shelved 64 times as prose)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,377,512 ratings — published 1915

by (shelved 61 times as prose)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,700,648 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 61 times as prose)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,770,086 ratings — published 1953

by (shelved 59 times as prose)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,086,267 ratings — published 1967

by (shelved 58 times as prose)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,395,516 ratings — published 1937

by (shelved 55 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,044,596 ratings — published 1932

by (shelved 54 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,465,938 ratings — published 1969

by (shelved 54 times as prose)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,212,339 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,710,909 ratings — published 1813

by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,185,651 ratings — published 1963

by (shelved 53 times as prose)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,787,309 ratings — published 1937

by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,993,112 ratings — published 1847

by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,153,241 ratings — published 1954

by (shelved 52 times as prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,286,528 ratings — published 1952

by (shelved 49 times as prose)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,367,986 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 47 times as prose)
avg rating 3.43 — 551,694 ratings — published 1899

by (shelved 47 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 879,722 ratings — published 1961

by (shelved 47 times as prose)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,411,140 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 46 times as prose)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,419,102 ratings — published 1943

by (shelved 44 times as prose)
avg rating 3.94 — 385,090 ratings — published 1925

by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 3.77 — 139,578 ratings — published 1922

by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,748,835 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 43 times as prose)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,017,529 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 41 times as prose)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,990,626 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 39 times as prose)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,920,168 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,287,801 ratings — published 1847

by (shelved 38 times as prose)
avg rating 3.99 — 828,209 ratings — published 1974

by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.00 — 760,835 ratings — published 1962

by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,124,252 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,605,486 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 3.84 — 172,677 ratings — published 1914

by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,728,849 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,054,455 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 37 times as prose)
avg rating 3.81 — 210,996 ratings — published 1927

by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.10 — 917,956 ratings — published 1878

by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.02 — 388,890 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.11 — 534,026 ratings — published 1984

by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.08 — 860,421 ratings — published 1922

by (shelved 36 times as prose)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,737,693 ratings — published 2003

“Take a shower. Wash away every trace of yesterday. Of smells. Of weary skin. Get dressed. Make coffee, windows open, the sun shining through. Hold the cup with two hands and notice that you feel the feeling of warmth.
You still feel warmth.
Now sit down and get to work. Keep your mind sharp, head on, eyes on the page and if small thoughts of worries fight their ways into your consciousness: threw them off like fires in the night and keep your eyes on the track. Nothing but the task in front of you.
Get off your chair in the middle of the day. Put on your shoes and take a long walk on open streets around people. Notice how they’re all walking, in a hurry, or slowly. Smiling, laughing, or eyes straight forward, hurried to get to wherever they’re going. And notice how you’re just one of them. Not more, not less. Find comfort in the way you’re just one in the crowd. Your worries: no more, no less.
Go back home. Take the long way just to not pass the liquor store. Don’t buy the cigarettes. Go straight home. Take off your shoes. Wash your hands. Your face. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. It’s still beating. Still fighting. Now get back to work. Work with your mind sharp and eyes focused and if any thoughts of worries or hate or sadness creep their ways around, shake them off like a runner in the night for you own your mind, and you need to tame it. Focus. Keep it sharp on track, nothing but the task in front of you.
Work until your eyes are tired and head is heavy, and keep working even after that.
Then take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more. You’re doing just fine. You’re doing fine.
I’m doing just fine.”
― You're Doing Just Fine
Get off your chair in the middle of the day. Put on your shoes and take a long walk on open streets around people. Notice how they’re all walking, in a hurry, or slowly. Smiling, laughing, or eyes straight forward, hurried to get to wherever they’re going. And notice how you’re just one of them. Not more, not less. Find comfort in the way you’re just one in the crowd. Your worries: no more, no less.
Go back home. Take the long way just to not pass the liquor store. Don’t buy the cigarettes. Go straight home. Take off your shoes. Wash your hands. Your face. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. It’s still beating. Still fighting. Now get back to work. Work with your mind sharp and eyes focused and if any thoughts of worries or hate or sadness creep their ways around, shake them off like a runner in the night for you own your mind, and you need to tame it. Focus. Keep it sharp on track, nothing but the task in front of you.
Work until your eyes are tired and head is heavy, and keep working even after that.
Then take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more. You’re doing just fine. You’re doing fine.
I’m doing just fine.”
― You're Doing Just Fine

“I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore,
like I always thought I would.”
― You're Doing Just Fine
like I always thought I would.”
― You're Doing Just Fine