A.J. Salara
What if a book didn’t tell you how to live louder-but helped you remember that you already know how?Volume On: A Motivational Mixtape for the Ones Who Refuse to Dim Down is not a traditional book. It’s not a self-help manual, a step-by-step guide, or a workbook of checklists. It’s something entirely different-something you feel more than you read.This is a fictional mixtape. A playlist for the soul. 69 short, immersive tracks divided across 21 themed 'albums,' each one reflecting a different chapter of becoming: courage, rebellion, resistance, renewal, creativity, resilience, authenticity, ambition, and more. It’s not linear. It doesn’t follow a plot. It follows pulse. A rhythm of change. A resonance of truth.Every track in this book is a snapshot-a moment in motion. A character taking a risk. Facing doubt. Walking away from a version of themselves that no longer fits. Pressing play on a life they’re no longer willing to postpone. Some scenes take place in crowded boardrooms or quiet yoga studios. Others unfold beneath city lights, across rooftops, in art studios, at microphones, or within moments of private reckoning no one sees. What connects them is momentum-the sacred permission to begin again.This is a book for the ones who are tired of asking for permission. For those who have been told they’re too much, too late, too emotional, or too unconventional. For the creatives rebuilding their voice. For the achievers rediscovering stillness. For the quiet ones beginning to speak. For anyone standing at the edge of 'what now?' and craving a sign, a breath, or a mirror. Volume On is that mirror. It doesn’t shout. It echoes. It reminds you.There is no single way to read this book. Start from the beginning and flow through each album. Or flip to a random track and let the page speak to wherever you are. This is a book you come back to-not because you need answers, but because you need rhythm. A new soundtrack. A reminder that movement doesn’t always mean noise. That some of the most important breakthroughs happen in silence, stillness, or surrender.Inside, you’ll find:21 albums, each one themed around a chapter of inner growth.69 fictional tracks that feel like emotional short films-raw, vivid, and unfiltered.Language that moves like music: poetic but grounded, lyrical but accessible.A deeply giftable format-ideal for graduates, creatives, seekers, and anyone in transition.An experience designed to bypass your overthinking mind and speak directly to your untapped knowing.Volume On was written to be felt. To speak to the part of you that’s been playing it safe. To awaken the voice that’s been whispering under the noise of other people’s expectations. If you’ve ever stood on the edge of a new chapter and felt everything and nothing at once-this is for you. If you’ve ever asked, 'Is it too late?' or 'Am I allowed to want more?'-this is your reply.It’s the feeling of air in your lungs after finally saying what needed to be said.It’s the first brushstroke on a blank canvas.It’s the moment you press send, step forward, raise your hand, walk away, show up, speak out.It’s what happens when your soul turns the volume up and says: now.This is more than a book-it’s an ignition point. A mixtape of memory, momentum, and becoming. Whether you read it in one sitting or one track at a time, the effect is the same: you remember what it feels like to come alive in your own voice.Give this book to yourself. Give it to a friend. Give it to someone who’s ready to rise.Not with noise. But with clarity. With truth. With presence.Because the world doesn’t need more polished voices.It needs more real ones.So if you’re holding this now, you already know what to do.Press play.