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Started reading the dice man.....it’s about a psychiatrist who determines his actions by rolling dice something compelling about taking random actions like that and the fact that a faux pdoc is the one doing it.
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That sounds really interesting. Is it a good book? |
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I just started it....I’m going to have to say it’s got some racist remarks and stuff that you find in older books.....originally published in 1971.....plus the whole idea of psychiatry back then was the analyst which is totally different than today. Have not gotten to the dice part yet. Probably wouldn’t recommend just due to the racism etc. I just got sucked in by the concept. __________________ Hugs! |
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Ah that’s a shame. Yeah I don’t think I could deal with that. Yeah it’s a good concept, shame it was written so long ago, maybe a modern version would be good. |
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Designing your life, how to life a well lived joyful life.....it’s based on the concept that design can tell you what you want to be when you grow up or for your encore career...also based on a successful course at Stanford ....will let you know any useful tips. 😀
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Still reading Les Miserables, it's a long book. Also reading one of my books I own, The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide and I am picking up Madness: A Bipolar Life from the library today. Have been into memoirs lately
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Yeah, i found a lot of philosophy and literature blogs, it's interesting to get an academics view on Homer. Footnotes to Plato is a pretty good one, i think Newt would like him. I believe he's a professor, reviews a lot of books and posts philosophy stuff.
I wish i could get somewhere with it though. Somehow get paid for all the hard work i put into mine. Like with a Patreon. :/ |
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I got this book called "Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life" by Ellen Forney at the library today. It was released this year. It's a graphic novel that gives tips for living with Bipolar or any mood disorder and maintaining stability. It's really cool!
I'm also on book 3 of The Iron Fey series. __________________ R.I.P mom 8/6/55-1/15/16 “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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The little book of hygge.....it’s a book on why danish people are so happy ....I’ve been into reading about happiness lately....like how do you get there, how do you maintain it etc.
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This is such a cute book it’s like a culturally encoded version of happiness embedded in the language itself......
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And culture is so important for happiness too. In Italian (I don't speak any Italian, so forgive me if I'm getting this slightly wrong), they have a word that basically translates as 'the art of doing nothing'. I find that interesting because 1) it seems to be an active process of doing nothing (rather than passive like we would see it in English), but also it doesn't have the negative connotations that we give 'doing nothing' in English. At least in the UK and US, I know that doing nothing has bad connotations of laziness etc. Everybody likes to humble brag about how 'busy' they are all of the time, which, IMO, is why we're all so stressed as a society! For me, I have found great pleasure in practising 'the art of doing nothing' (as I understand it, not speaking Italian or knowing their full interpretation of the saying) of trying to live in the moment and enjoy the simple pleasures in life, such as a warm breeze, a nice cup of tea, spying a ladybird on a leaf in the garden etc etc. That's happiness to me, and I've found little elsewhere, especially not in the 'busy-ness' that is 'worshipped' by society these days. *Willow* |
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I remember after I broke up from my 9 year relationship I bought a book "How to be Happy." I remember looking at the cashiers face when i gave him the book to scan. He raised his eye brows and took a double look at me and frowned. That was 9 years ago that i bought that book. My depression was dark and the book didn't really help. I think what finally helped me was when I found a purpose in academia in philosophy. That's why I clung to it even during my psychosis. Even though there was no chance of getting letters of recommendation I couldn't let go for the longest time. It was really nice having a meaning to life to look towards where I could play in my field. It meant the world to me that I had hope of living such a dream "Living on the isle of the blest" as Aristotle calls it, where one can live the contemplative life that mostly only gods are capable of. |
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