@chuck@linuxlab.sh yeah I like a lot of the philosophy this guy presents. It's about not hoping for things to get better but to become the change you want to see, etc.
His other book "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" is also quite good.
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ssweeny finished reading Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
ssweeny started reading Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
ssweeny wants to read Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
ssweeny reviewed Delivered from Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell
"In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. …
Delivered from Distraction
4 stars
A former coworker of mine mentioned that he'd recently been diagnosed with ADHD and his therapist had recommended this book to him.
Very on-brand, the author recommends early on that you skip around to different sections of the book depending on what seems relevant to you.
I thought the early sections about the history of ADHD as a diagnosis and the various elements that may or may not manifest with it were fascinating. I don't have a diagnosis but I definitely recognized traits that I share from these sections.
Later on the topics get more specialized (dealing with your own ADHD, dealing with a child with it, etc.) and I was almost grateful to have "permission" to skip around at that point. Most of these later sections were not super relevant to me but I can definitely see them being a useful resource for folks in the relevant situations.
Definitely …
A former coworker of mine mentioned that he'd recently been diagnosed with ADHD and his therapist had recommended this book to him.
Very on-brand, the author recommends early on that you skip around to different sections of the book depending on what seems relevant to you.
I thought the early sections about the history of ADHD as a diagnosis and the various elements that may or may not manifest with it were fascinating. I don't have a diagnosis but I definitely recognized traits that I share from these sections.
Later on the topics get more specialized (dealing with your own ADHD, dealing with a child with it, etc.) and I was almost grateful to have "permission" to skip around at that point. Most of these later sections were not super relevant to me but I can definitely see them being a useful resource for folks in the relevant situations.
Definitely a good primer for anyone curious about ADHD and wanting to know more before maybe getting a diagnosis.
ssweeny wants to read Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns
Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns
‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinson
No-one deserves to …
ssweeny finished reading Delivered from Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell
Delivered from Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Md Ratey
"In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Now a second revolution is …
ssweeny rated Little House on the Prairie: 4 stars
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House, #2)
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a …
ssweeny rated Supercommunicators: 3 stars
Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work, …
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, first published in Hebrew in Israel in …
ssweeny rated On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House): 4 stars
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and …
ssweeny started reading Long Winter by Garth Williams
Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an …
The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota. They were in debt. Mary …
By the Shores of Silver Lake
4 stars
Man this family moved around a lot.
This was another enjoyable mostly-lighthearted tale about the Ingalls family moving yet again. This time Pa got a job doing payroll for some railroad workers with the intention of claiming a homestead once the work was done.
I still enjoy Pa's optimism in these stories, and the fact that he can build a shanty in less than a day.
ssweeny finished reading By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota. They were in debt. Mary was blind now. So Pa …