So I was being driven home in the car yesterday when I was told that I had received a package in the mail. Being as my Secret Santa only shipped yesterday, I was quite skeptical it would be them, but sure enough when I got back home, I saw a brown package with the Reddit alien on it. My heart skipped a beat and I took it upstairs, took some (terrible quality) pictures and then proceeded to open it.

Inside was a really lovely letter the Redditor had taken the time out to write, a badge with a bit of backstory to it, and a book, which was called "Change The World For A Fiver". I decided I'd read the book from cover to cover and managed to do so quite quickly. But there were things that stuck with me.

I want to show that my SS's present means something to me, and I'm going to do this by following as many of the tips in the book as possible.. For example, one of tips is 'Do something you think you can't do'. I've been wanting to program for a long time, but I always stop because I lack self-confidence. I'm going to make a real effort now to learn it. It says to learn friendly phrases in another language...Well, I do have a Swedish Rosetta Stone kit. Another is to learn a good joke. Why not be meta on jokes and learn how to be a good joke maker...so lots of comedy books. Anyway you get the idea.

Basically I'm going to try my hardest to better myself and hopefully better others, and a huge influence on this will now be the book from my Secret Santa. I may post updates to them if I find out his/her username. Anyway, thanks SS!

TL;DR Version: I got a book which inspires me to do more with my life.