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5 HN comments
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
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Jocko Willink
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Emotional Intelligence 2.0
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Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté MD
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A Grief Observed
C. S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle
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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up)
Marie Kondō
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Brian Tracy
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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
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Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brené Brown and Random House Audio
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The 50th Law
50 Cent, Robert Greene, et al.
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Darren Hardy
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality
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ageofwantonSep 3, 2018
I would definitely consider reading Julian Jaynes' 'The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind' in this context as well.
JshWrightonNov 24, 2013
The pain so clearly reflected in Adams' words reminded me quite clearly of A Grief Observed.
combatentropyonSep 4, 2018
zeroegoonMar 25, 2021
"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."
I lost someone very close to me in my early 20s. Reading through the grief C.S. Lewis went through after he lost his wife was very cathartic. There will be setbacks (death, sickness, divorce, etc.) in life that will violently shake your core and make you feel as though you cannot go on. What I learned was communing with the grief, staring it straight in the face no matter how painful, is an absolute necessity. You will always carry the loss with you, but that does not mean your life has to be dominated by it.
I think his book really help me put "life" into perspective. Setbacks big or small can be overcome, and exploring the grief caused by them really helps with the process of moving past them, despite how painful it may be.