this blog MIGHT change your life

Last year, when I went to Washington DC with my government class, I picked up a book titled “This Book Will Change Your Life,” because I thought it would be a good philosophy book. Later on inspecting it in the airplane, I discovered that this book by “Benrik” (a European comedy duo, Benjamin and Henrik, who combine their names for publication) was not a philosophy book, at least not in the typical sense. Instead, it’s a day by day guide to a more exciting life. Each page is an instruction on how to live your life in an atypical way.
As Benrik describes the book, on the back book cover “Is the Year ahead looking much the same as the last? Another 365-day grind of meetings, dinner, dates and not-to-forget-birthdays? If so, try this book. Part instruction manual, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE will help you poke a stick in the spokes of your routine and make every day of the next year the first day of your new life.” I quite enjoy this book, the fondness growing with each page turn and each daily instruction (by the way, mine today was “Reconnect with your aquatic origins by spending all of today underwater”). In its weird twisted way, this book has changed my life. Benrik inspired me to live life how I wanted to, ignoring silly social standards, and prop up your feet on unspoken public rules. Be who you want to be, you only live once and other cliques.