Name Place Animal Thing-Lux Narayan

Book: Name Place Animal Thing
Author: Lux Narayan
Publisher: Notion Press

Have you ever faced an existential crisis?

Name Place Animal Thing by Lux Narayan is a fable that tells the tale of Kai’s life changing journey, inspired by the childhood game of the same name. Soul-searching at that all-too-familiar crossroads in life and career, Kai learns to outgrow an impending sense of personal crisis when a series of eye-opening encounters reveal the building blocks of a fuller life, all rooted in a childhood game: Name, Place, Animal, Thing. This practical wisdom for a life lived beautifully comes together into a one page visual; a do-it-yourself blueprint for reigniting a life of curiosity, humility, and empathy - a picture that’s worth more than a thousand words.  Try it now. What is your Name, Place, Animal, Thing?

The book takes the seemingly innocuous game of Name Place Animal Thing that all of us have played in our younger days and weaves an inspirational tale where each of the aspects of the game stands for something important in our lives. Told in an interesting manner, it meshes fiction with life lessons in a way that doesn’t bore you and makes you gravitate towards implementing the message the book is giving. The best thing about NPAT is that it is not preachy and does not paint a larger-than-life solution, rather than uses the readers’ own mind to help them see the way to improve. The exercises suggested are easy to implement and can easily become  apart of one’s lives over a period of time. NPAT has a wonderful arc that develops over the period of time and as Kai experiences the changes, so does the reader imagine a feeling of change bubbling from inside. Another aspect that impressed me was the interconnectedness of things and how the people in the story framed a chain as it moved ahead. Drawing experiences from Ikigai and other self-help books, NPAT can actually help you find the thing that drives you and make you strive for more.

This is one book that can help you learn about yourself, and the one thing that I am taking away from the fable right away is the introduction and to include more about my personality, rather than the work. The language of the book is easy to understand and the concepts easy to grasp. I loved how the summary of the content comes out in the form of a graphic.

Overall, a definite recommendation for people who wish to find meaning in their lives, and for people who wish to improve themselves. This scores a 4.5/5 for me.

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