Real Talk with Jessica
Top 10 Books I read in 2024 (From 86 in my Goodreads Challenge)
Starting 2025 inspired by 85 books I read in 2024 - yay #Goodreadschallenge! 🧡 so many but I chose 3 fiction: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese + The Women by Kristin Hannah + Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty 📚 3 non-fiction: Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act + Sudhir Venkatesh’s Gang Leader for a Day + Iris Apfel’s Accidental Icon 💃🏼
Special mentions: The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier + Circe by Madeline Miller + Karma by Boy George (audiobook)
77 books, 12 top picks: Recommended Reads for Multi-Passionates
77 books. 12 top picks in fiction, memoir + non-fiction from Jessica’s 2022 Goodreads Challenge. Stories change lives, just look at this list!
At eight years old, I stumbled into gymnastics and instantly fell in love. At 15, I represented Canada at the Olympics. Was it ambition, drive, or courage that led me to the podium?
Yes to all three, but more than that, it was exploring my limits upside-down that led to my lifelong pursuit of multi-passionate adventures, which include 65+ jobs in 40+ countries thus far.
For anyone pursuing (or thinking about pursuing) a non-linear upside-down life of purpose and passion, here are my life lessons to cartwheel through life with greater clarity, creativity, and confidence.