Greenlights
Greenlights: Your Journal, Your Journey is a guided companion to the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Greenlights, filled with prompts, pithy quotes, adages, outlaw wisdom, and advice on how to live with greater satisfaction.
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?
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This memoir came highly recommend by my husband and since I already liked Matthew McConaughey so I felt pretty confident I would like hearing his story. I was right. His experiences and advice were captivating and hearing it all in his smooth, baritone, handsome voice just made it so much better.
Matthew McConaughey is a guy I want to like/have some respect for. I was impressed by his mid-career decision to ditch the easy RomComs and start taking more serious/interesting roles. And I recognize that he’s a talented actor, who certainly managed to pull off that transition.
But this rambling, incoherent memoir confirms all my worst impressions of McConaughey: he comes off as self-important, self-satisfied, arrogant, and obtuse. The “bumper stickers” and “prescriptions” are exactly what you expect: glib and unenlightening. And the anecdotes which fill the space between aren’t much better. Their primary purpose seems to be painting the author as a cooler-than-thou philosopher/rebel, but honestly, he just sounds like any other guy who never outgrew his adolescent obsession with the unique wonder of his own self.
It’s a deeply tedious read, and if I weren’t doing it for a reading group, there’s no way I’d have bothered finishing.
But this rambling, incoherent memoir confirms all my worst impressions of McConaughey: he comes off as self-important, self-satisfied, arrogant, and obtuse. The “bumper stickers” and “prescriptions” are exactly what you expect: glib and unenlightening. And the anecdotes which fill the space between aren’t much better. Their primary purpose seems to be painting the author as a cooler-than-thou philosopher/rebel, but honestly, he just sounds like any other guy who never outgrew his adolescent obsession with the unique wonder of his own self.
It’s a deeply tedious read, and if I weren’t doing it for a reading group, there’s no way I’d have bothered finishing.
Absolutely loved this book! I listened to it on Audible and MM did a fantastic job. I have it in hardcover to read again. This book is full of wisdom, anecdotes, humor, and real life. I plan to highlight my favorite quotes for my own ânote to selfâ. A great read!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! It is so easy to read. It's like you're sitting there in front of Matthew, and he's having a conversation with you.
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