Book Review: 2020- Life in the Eye of a Storm

 ‘Perfect life is a balance of material success, health, mind, soul, family relations and social relations’

                                   

Book Review: 2020: Life in the Eye of a Storm

 

Genre: Non- Fiction (Self-Help)

 

Author: Dr. Vinay Bansal

 

My Ratings: 5/5⭐️

 

My Review: This book revolves around Hope, Happiness, Motivation and Keys to Healthy life. The past year, 2020 was tough for all of us. It is a self-help book that came as a blessing in disgust. Author explains how to live our lifestyle with a unique example. He says that we should think of each week as an over and focus on one ball everyday. Also be patient and ready to face the bouncers life throws upon us. It’s a very short read with six chapters that focuses on ways to overcome anxiety and enter in a calm state of mind and body during this chaos of a global pandemic and can be finished in one go. The language is easy to interpret. There are various cartoons in the book that help understand the text better and connect with the plot easily. The title is apt and goes well with the plot. I loved the way the author made things lucid clear by taking help of various relatable examples. In the title 2020, there are two emojis for the two zeros; one is sad and the other one is happy which reflects that even if the situation is bad, there is always a hope. We should live in the present and practice mindfulness because we don't know when our ride comes to an end so enjoy and be happy in each and every moment of life. In this materialistic world, there is a rat race and we are forgetting the real purpose of life in the quest of hoarding everything that is available. I recommend everyone to read this book.

 

Favourite Lines: 1. Perfect life is not only equal to material success. A person should be stable physically, emotionally and spiritually, as well.

2.One good way to remember the importance of life and of today is to get up in the morning and think/assume that this is the last day of your life. It will allow you to focus on the most important things in your life- your inner self and your relations.

3.The most essential thing is to clean the glasses that we are wearing. These glasses, if dirty, make the whole scene dirty. By glasses, I mean the attitude towards life. This attitude decides our happiness, peace, success, relationships, goals and achievements. So, the need is to see everything through a positive angle.

4.If you want anything at the bottom of your heart, the whole universe strives to accomplish it.