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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Fantastic book, learned a bunch and laughed a lot. Amazing experiences to hear and compare to yours.
Pro tip: listen to the audiobook so you can hear it read by Matthew. This made the book even better to hear the connotation and personality of Matthew’s life. I loved the structure of writing with the “bumper stickers, prescriptions, and green lights.” What a crazy life he has lived and a beautiful outlook on this one life we get to live!
I cannot recommend this book enough. It is spectacular - entertaining, insightful, reflective, funny, and powerful. His life journey is nothing short of remarkable and his passion that he shares his approach with is genuine and heartfelt. I did both the physical copy and the audiobook. If you can do the audio, DO IT. Hearing it all in his voice and with the engagement that only an actor could offer will deliver and even more noteworthy impact. Greenlight.
I know everyone loves the audiobook, but I don't have the patience for one. In this book's case, I hear it in MM's voice in my head, without the audiobook, so no problem there. This book is like an awesome dessert that you gulp down and then can't remember the taste the next day. I had to review the book and read some other reviews before I remembered what the book was like.
For some reason, he thinks having an abusive father was terrific, especially when you "become a man" by beating up on dad after dad beats up on you. I love that he goes all in on things, but hate that he tells lies. I hate that he's a superficial playboy who finally falls for a woman across the room basically because she's gorgeous, and willing to go along with his game.
Whatever. Live life, and stop dropping the "g" at the end of words. Forgetting this book, not forgettin.
For some reason, he thinks having an abusive father was terrific, especially when you "become a man" by beating up on dad after dad beats up on you. I love that he goes all in on things, but hate that he tells lies. I hate that he's a superficial playboy who finally falls for a woman across the room basically because she's gorgeous, and willing to go along with his game.
Whatever. Live life, and stop dropping the "g" at the end of words. Forgetting this book, not forgettin.
Interesting autobiography. I read and listened to book. Very quirky, almost pseudo religious philosophy. Guy has had some wild life experiences. Wrapped around his eclectic acting career and culminating with his Oscar winning performance in Dallas Buyers Club. He describes his life in vivid detail taken from his journals. He describes the "greenlight" experience that guided his path toward his career, life, philosophy, personal and family life. Listening in his voice makes his esoteric philosophical statements bearable. Enjoyed seeing the pictures imbedded in the book.
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