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A Sticky Note Guide to Life
LIFE! What does it all mean?
Chaz Hutton, the world’s first sticky note lifestyle guru, has taken it upon himself to figure it all out so we don’t have to. He covers all the important dating, working, eating, fighting gorillas, the impossible physics of toothpaste, the family history of a sock drawer, and so much more.
Basically, all the big life questions that you didn’t realise needed answering.
Chaz Hutton, the world’s first sticky note lifestyle guru, has taken it upon himself to figure it all out so we don’t have to. He covers all the important dating, working, eating, fighting gorillas, the impossible physics of toothpaste, the family history of a sock drawer, and so much more.
Basically, all the big life questions that you didn’t realise needed answering.
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2016
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December 22, 2016
Bored Panda'da gördüğüm bir post ile başladı her şey :) Post'un sahibinin profilini inceledikten birkaç saniye sonra kendimi Amazon'da buldum. Sonra siparis ve bekleme sureci derken dün elime gecen kitabı bir çırpıda bitirdim :)
January 18, 2017
The first reaction I had when I flipped through this book was – omg, sticky notes! Printed sticky notes on each page, literally! I then proceeded to parading the book to all my family and friends (victims?) who would listen to my many ramblings on it. Haha! This book is one of a kind and the author, Chaz, knows very well of it.
A Sticky Note Guide to Life is a collection of sticky notes illustrating observations of different parts of one’s life – work, home, entertainment, dating, technology and well — assorted nonsense that will make you laugh, smile and have those ah-hah! moments.
I find this book extremely engaging and fun to read. Your life will be analysed and represented in the form of pie charts, flow charts, line graphs etc. in the most thoughtful way possible. I love the captions that accompany each sticky note – Chaz has a colourful characters, and it shows.
Each of us lead different lives and sometimes even, very unique from the rest. As such, not every situation in the book may be relatable to you but it does give you a glimpse on what goes around another person’s life – no matter how exaggerated or true it may be. You may also not understand everything that is represented – which makes it fun when you start deciphering the messages with friends and family, or get everyone confused along the way.
Certainly a unique book you could read with your loved ones to have a good laugh. I look forward to more interesting outlooks from Chaz. You can check out more of his work on his instagram account – @instachaaz.
Here’s to a wonderful 2017!
A Sticky Note Guide to Life is a collection of sticky notes illustrating observations of different parts of one’s life – work, home, entertainment, dating, technology and well — assorted nonsense that will make you laugh, smile and have those ah-hah! moments.
I find this book extremely engaging and fun to read. Your life will be analysed and represented in the form of pie charts, flow charts, line graphs etc. in the most thoughtful way possible. I love the captions that accompany each sticky note – Chaz has a colourful characters, and it shows.
Each of us lead different lives and sometimes even, very unique from the rest. As such, not every situation in the book may be relatable to you but it does give you a glimpse on what goes around another person’s life – no matter how exaggerated or true it may be. You may also not understand everything that is represented – which makes it fun when you start deciphering the messages with friends and family, or get everyone confused along the way.
Certainly a unique book you could read with your loved ones to have a good laugh. I look forward to more interesting outlooks from Chaz. You can check out more of his work on his instagram account – @instachaaz.
Here’s to a wonderful 2017!
May 1, 2018
Review to come... sometime around the 24th of October.
December 30, 2016
I loved this book, so much I made a visual review :)
And then I realised that I can't upload images of silly stick notes I spent ages making in PowerPoint :(
Just read it.
And then I realised that I can't upload images of silly stick notes I spent ages making in PowerPoint :(
Just read it.
January 3, 2017
I can only say that this book was
Graphically entertaining!
Graphically entertaining!
March 15, 2018
You might wonder, why buy a book when the content is all available on Instagram. But this is a way to support the creative and publishing industry, as well as the hard work of the author.
Chaz used to be an architect, who loves to draw flow charts, graphs and stickmen about work, home, entertainment, food & drink, technology, and assorted nonsense on plain yellow sticky notes with a black marker to kill time at work. Encouraged by his friend, he started putting them on his Instagram and boom! It went great, and Chaz quitted his job to do it now.
It is amazing to see how Chaz captures those bits and pieces consciously and presents them on just a piece of post-in note in a humorous way.
This is a book to keep for re-reading. No matter when you read it, any page of the book would definitely get you.
Looking forward to Chaz’s second book!
Chaz used to be an architect, who loves to draw flow charts, graphs and stickmen about work, home, entertainment, food & drink, technology, and assorted nonsense on plain yellow sticky notes with a black marker to kill time at work. Encouraged by his friend, he started putting them on his Instagram and boom! It went great, and Chaz quitted his job to do it now.
It is amazing to see how Chaz captures those bits and pieces consciously and presents them on just a piece of post-in note in a humorous way.
This is a book to keep for re-reading. No matter when you read it, any page of the book would definitely get you.
Looking forward to Chaz’s second book!
May 12, 2018
This is the Post-It® Note version of xkcd – wry observations of life, limited by the size of one slip of yellow paper and one man's imagination.
He is completely up to the task.
Each Note is self-explanatory but the book does improve on the Instagram account by providing explnaation's of the author's head space, side notes, or funny asides. In sort, the jokes have jokes.
Worth the price of purchase!
He is completely up to the task.
Each Note is self-explanatory but the book does improve on the Instagram account by providing explnaation's of the author's head space, side notes, or funny asides. In sort, the jokes have jokes.
Worth the price of purchase!
October 7, 2024
i like the concept. yet there is too much text. and too little cartoons. and that's a sign the author knows the cartoons are incomplete and need a context. but wait, that would make a batman volume text with some illustrations. that is hansel und gretel.
and i like the cartoons. they are very shallow. and that is okay, as they are easy to understand from a meme consumer perspective. sometimes they are maybe too shallow.
and i like the cartoons. they are very shallow. and that is okay, as they are easy to understand from a meme consumer perspective. sometimes they are maybe too shallow.
October 3, 2019
Loved this book by Chaz Hutton. The book very precisely used sticky notes full of pie charts, line graphs, Venn diagrams and what not to depict how we live our life in this fast paced world. Extremely engaging and fun read. Also, suitable choice if you are running behind in your Goodreads challenge and need quick but satisfying win:)
May 21, 2017
Picked this up after scanning a few pages in the Brown University bookstore - LOVED it. I had to buy it and read it all in an afternoon. I haven't laughed so much at a book in a very long time.
Definitely going to follow the author on Instagram (where this got started).
Definitely going to follow the author on Instagram (where this got started).
December 20, 2018
Just like the author, who admitted that this isn’t really a guide to life, I feel that these sticky notes are drawn just for the sake of curing boredom and this book is certainly not in any way a guide to life.
July 13, 2017
Awesome
Very refreshing and natural illustrations. I generally read them after a tiring day at work, during commute or during lunch hours. Loved the compilation!
Very refreshing and natural illustrations. I generally read them after a tiring day at work, during commute or during lunch hours. Loved the compilation!
December 27, 2017
Funny and quick read.
April 11, 2018
I wish it didn't hit so close to home. Maybe I should go make a chart about my feelings about this. Maybe later.
June 24, 2018
Loved this. I feel bad that I only looked at the post-its and not the writing below.
I follow Instachaaz on Instagram so was very pleased when someone bought me this book!
I follow Instachaaz on Instagram so was very pleased when someone bought me this book!
January 1, 2019
4.5 stars
October 3, 2019
I did not enjoy the book.
October 6, 2019
A light but extremely funny take on life illustration book. A must read when you need a lift-me-up mood.
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March 13, 2020Really wanted to like it, but it just wasn’t for me.
April 12, 2020
Never followed him on Instagram but now I'm gonna.
Hilarious compilation of everyday truth put up on a stick note. A fun and a quick read.
Hilarious compilation of everyday truth put up on a stick note. A fun and a quick read.
May 12, 2021
Everything in life can be a graph.
Relatable. Hence the 4 stars.
Relatable. Hence the 4 stars.
May 6, 2022
This book is hella cute, hysterical, and relatable
January 3, 2022
A great pick-me-up of a book. Really makes you smile throughout.
August 11, 2024
I liked this book's bite sized life observations. I Loved the illustrations.
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February 24, 2017
Amusing with some occasional light chuckles out loud - nice to dip in and out of occasionally
July 7, 2017
I randomly found this book at my local tube station's book exchange this morning and despite being in the middle of another book I had on me I couldn't help but flick through it... two commutes later I finished this hilarious and eerily accurate depiction of the challenges of adulting as told through the medium of post-its. The drawings are a delight, the Venn diagrams acutely confronting, and the text underneath each yellow page from life providing additional insight into either the author's own experiences or a fun fact related to the drawing above it. This was a sheer joy from start to finish and I'll now be subscribing to the Instagram account these stories originated from.
February 9, 2017
I've been following Chaz's Instagram account for a while now and I've always enjoyed his content. Relatable and funny. This book is exactly what I expected from him so it's no surprise that I enjoyed every single page of it.
October 28, 2019
I created an Instagram account solely so I could follow Chaz Hutton and his sticky notes. They're awesome. Not every single one resonated for me but so many of them did. I read this cover to cover in an hour and could see me rereading this over and over again.
October 27, 2016
This is great!
October 30, 2016
Great book to binge read in an orgy of laughter or dip in and out of when sharing with friends. It was well worth Chaz's leap of faith to quit his job.
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