Here are my musings about my reading journey, recently rekindled.
Thoughts on a second read-through of “Deep Work”
Goodreads review of Cal Newport’s Deep Work here. Spend enough time in a state of frenetic shallowness and you permanently reduce your capacity to perform deep work. Cal Newport This quote in and of itself is quite alarmist, and the … Continue reading Thoughts on a second read-through of “Deep Work”
Slow conversations
Since I have come back to one of my favorite hobbies, reading, I have made some observations about how I enter into and sustain a conversation. I don’t mean a conversation with one person, like a phone call, but instead … Continue reading Slow conversations
Religion & faith in context: The Book of Longings
Let me start by saying, Wow. I was blown away by this book by Sue Monk Kidd, who also wrote the best-selling Secret Life of Bees (which I have not read). The Book of Longings was really a book I … Continue reading Religion & faith in context: The Book of Longings
Simple life in 2021
If 2020 has taught me anything, it’s that we humans make life so much more complicated and difficult than it needs to be. Is there anything more basic to life than waking up with the sun, eating, and observing life … Continue reading Simple life in 2021
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