Category: Books
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Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport: 5 Lessons to Tame Technology
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“I finally finished it!” my brother told me on a train headed to the north of Germany. By “it,” I could tell, he meant Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Not…
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Dopamine Nation: 5 Lessons on Pain, Pleasure, and Balance
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When I was stuck in a deep rut and YouTube rabbit hole a few months ago, I randomly came across an interview with Dr. Anna Lembke — a psychiatrist, author, and addiction…
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‘The Longing for Less’ by Kyle Chayka: 5 Key Lessons on Minimalism
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I have a strange problem with most content on minimalism: It’s all a bit too convenient. See, the typical minimalist hero’s journey goes like this: (1) discover you feel miserable,…
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Finish More Books: How to Unlock the Power of Patient Reading
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in BooksUntil recently, reading anything felt straight-up strainful. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to read. I kept buying more books, my TBR had grown like bamboo on fertilizer, and, as…
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Don’t Remember What You Read (In Praise of Forgetfulness)
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Advice on how to remember everything you read is plastered all over the internet. And to me — someone who juggles writing with studying languages and philosophy — this used to sound like the…
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Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: Top 5 Lessons
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One of the things I love most about this book is the author’s personal history. You see, long before publishing Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman wrote a weekly column on…