Would you expect a book with this title to be saccharine? It delivers a balanced and grounded positivity in the presence and acknowledgement of common life challenges. Horrors, even. I value it very much, and confess I am drawing it out. Which is easy because the essays are short and there are a lot of them.
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Nonfiction audio is my main thing. Autobiographies, parenting, science, social issues, and some business or anything educational.
I consider nonfiction to be a healthier and more useful view of the world than the news.
I have a few Mastodon accounts, like @travisfw@fosstodon.org
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Travis F W reviewed The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay
Travis F W finished reading Social Chemistry by Marissa King
Travis F W started reading F*ck No! by Sarah Knight (A No F*cks Given Guide)
I come back to this one every time I feel like a pushover and resent spending my limited energy on things other people just want to offload. Does it help? Well, Knight's attitude and wit help me feel better, so that's worth something.
Travis F W reviewed The Haves and Have-Yachts by Evan Osnos
Travis F W commented on The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Travis F W wants to read A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. …
Travis F W started reading The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
My partner tells me asking for help is a weakness of mine. I definitely have a perception that the way "the world" or "people" or "society" works requires me to be as self-reliant as possible. We'll see if and how that part of me can shift.
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The abundant community by John McKnight (BK currents book)
There is a growing movement of people with a different vision for their local communities. They know that real satisfaction …
Travis F W started reading The Haves and Have-Yachts by Evan Osnos

The Haves and Have-Yachts by Evan Osnos
From the National Book Award–winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and …
Not sure I'll finish it. I've learned a few things and remained confused but I think that's congruent with the message. I'm going to hazard a synthesis: Mandatory sexuality in culture is a fixation on an extreme, and because many people so poorly fit the implications and social dynamics of mandatory sexuality, asexuality provides a perspective that sex and sexuality may be unimportant for a healthy individual.
Travis F W finished reading Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant
Good message but this sheer willpower method doesn't really fit. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of willpower. I think accepting and engaging in reciprocal loving relationships would work better for me. Easier said than done, of course. My issue is how pervasive social injuries were hardwired into my body during "critical periods" and I see that when I look in the mirror. IE if you have PTSD, this book is naïve. But I would still recommend it with appropriate expectations.
Travis F W rated Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It: 4 stars
Travis F W replied to mouse's status
@mouse@bookwyrm.social I watched that movie a few times. I wonder if I could find an audio version of this new translation.