How To Live Like Your Cat

🐾 What My Cat Taught Me About Life — A Review of How to Live Like Your Cat Let me confess something: my cat is probably doing life better than I am. While I’m out here juggling deadlines, checking notifications, and wondering if I’ve remembered to drink water today, my cat is stretched out in a patch of sunlight without a care in the world. No stress. No guilt. No 3 a.m. spiral about whether they said something weird at that party three months ago. Enter Stéphane Garnier’s How to Live Like Your Cat — a small book with a big, purring message: maybe, just maybe, we humans are doing it all wrong. 🐱 So, what’s it about? Garnier spent time observing his cat, Ziggy, and realized something profound: Ziggy doesn't rush, doesn’t worry about opinions, and never forces himself to do things he doesn’t want to. And somehow, he still gets everything he needs. The book takes those feline behaviors and translates them into little life lessons for us. It’s not a traditional self-help manual (no pressure to “optimize your mornings” or “network harder”), but more like a friendly nudge to slow down, breathe, and stop treating life like a competitive sport. And it’s funny in that dry, French way — like someone calmly telling you to get your life together, but also pass the croissant. 🧶 Favorite quote? “A cat doesn’t look for happiness. It simply lives.” That one stopped me in my tracks. I’ve spent so much time chasing happiness like it’s a moving target — when maybe I just need to curl up, stretch, and be for a minute. Like my cat. Who has never read a productivity book in his life and is somehow doing just fine. 😂 Why it made me laugh (and cringe a little): There’s a lot of sly humor here — Garnier treats Ziggy like a guru, and honestly? He kind of is. He naps when he’s tired, ignores people who annoy him, and fully embraces his own rhythm. Meanwhile, I once apologized to a spam email. 💬 Final thoughts: If you’re feeling tired, pulled in too many directions, or low-key suspicious that your cat might be more emotionally balanced than you… this book is for you. It’s short, warm, gently funny, and weirdly profound. You don’t need to be a cat person to get it. But if you are? You’ll nod the whole way through — possibly while your cat watches, unimpressed, from across the room. So the next time your cat disappears for six hours and returns looking absolutely refreshed, maybe don’t get mad. Take notes. Ever feel like your pet has life figured out better than you do? Or have a cat who already lives like a tiny, purring philosopher? Drop your stories below — I’m all ears and paws. 🐾