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Arthur's Big App

Education and Games

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School’s out at Lakewood Elementary School and that means it's time for an after school adventure!...

Media Center for Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Photo & Video and Music

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Works on Xbox 360 and Xbox One!! Just bought your Xbox or already have one at home? This Media...

Practicing the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (with Audio)

Lifestyle and Health & Fitness

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**The Official, Authorized Version of Eckhart Tolle’s Practicing the Power of Now w/ Audio** ...

Participatory Heritage

Henriette Roued-Cunliffe and Andrea Copeland

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The internet as a platform for facilitating human organization without the need for organizations...

Selfie - Season 1

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The series follows the life of Eliza Dooley, a woman obsessed with the idea of achieving fame...

ClareR (5906 KP) rated Notes on a Nervous Planet in Books

Jan 16, 2019

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Matt Haig | 2018 | Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences, Science & Mathematics

9.4

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Modern life is a bit rubbish really.

For me, reading a Matt Haig book is like being told you're going to be OK for 300 or so pages. In this book, he discusses the effects of modern life on the mind and body of the modern human - and I'll agree with him that it's not all good. We need to step away from our screens, away from the constant pressure of social media and the news, and do something else, something more self nurturing. After reading this, I deleted all the news outlets that I followed on my Facebook account and put a screen time limit on my social media accounts. I look at the news once a day (or at least I try to!). They ARE addictive. I find myself reaching for my phone to check Facebook and Twitter all the time. I need to put my phone further away, and reach for a book instead!
I really liked the short chapters in this book, and the use of very short chapters which were like a little pep talk or an 'almost' meditation. I'm notoriously bad at reading non-fiction, so this was a really well planned book for people like me, purely because of the short chapters.
If you have concerns about modern life and it's stresses and strains, I would say that this is a good book to make you think about changes you could make.