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This One Book Saved Me From Drowning: You Need To Stop And Read This

Renuka Gavrani
7 min readMar 8, 2022

When they say, ‘every book has come in your life at the right time’, they meant it.

To give you a little background on what do I do and how this one book saved my career from drowning, let me walk you through a short introduction of mine,

I am Renuka Gavrani, a freelance content writer and book blogger. To get clients, I am building my personal brand on LinkedIn where I post daily. And as a book blogger, I post daily on Instagram, Medium, trying to be consistent on Twitter and YouTube. To top it all, I have to do my client’s work on time while maintaining the standard quality and record reels & write book reviews to post on Instagram.

If that wasn’t enough, I created one more Instagram and Twitter account to share content writing and freelancing tips.

Okay, I was almost drowning but I didn’t stop there. I started creating a whole different kind of reels just because I had a FOMO of missing out on ‘how other creators are growing by making such reels.’ That’s it. I was dead till then.

I overwhelmed myself with so many opportunities that it was impossible for me to think creatively. Result? I started losing followers on Instagram instead of gaining. I was frustrated that I am overworking to get nothing in hand at the end. I was confused as to why my situation is getting worse.

Because in my perception, I was doing exactly what a typical self-help book suggests- working my

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Renuka Gavrani
Renuka Gavrani

Written by Renuka Gavrani

I talk about slow & Intentional living - taking you closer to a happy life. I am a published author of the book 'The Art of Being Alone': https://a.co/d/531JIFq

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