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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  0 Comments

October 7, 2022October 20, 2021

The Crossroads of Should and Must – Elle Luna

Self Help book are always a let down, but this one is particularly empty.

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History, Memoir, Mental Health, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help, Trauma  0 Comments

December 24, 2021June 14, 2021

Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl

A fascinating cross between a self-help book and a memoir, although the former falls a little short.

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  0 Comments

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020

Atomic Habits – James Clear

Huh. Imagine that – a self help book that I actually enjoyed.

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Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Self-Help  1 Comment

May 29, 2020May 27, 2020

How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life – Massimo Pigliucci

A review written so long ago it is currently comically irrelevant.

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Mental Health, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help  0 Comments

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019

Unfu*k Yourself – Gary John Bishop

I decided to see if living by the principles of a self-help book for one calander year would make a difference in my life.

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Atheism, Non-Fiction, Reviews that are really about something else, Self-Help  0 Comments

November 29, 2019August 14, 2019

Everything is F*cked – Mark Manson

And sometimes some books make you think “I’d rather be reading something else.”

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  4 Comments

June 14, 2019December 30, 2018

Essentialism – Greg McKeown

Feeling crushed by modern life? Here is a solution for you. Do more by doing less.

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Longer Views, Non-Fiction, Schlock, Self-Help  0 Comments

January 25, 2019August 4, 2021

Twelve Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos – Jordan Peterson

At best, reading this book was a public service so that I could inform people to not read this book.

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