[insert joke about collecting your smut from public domain works. Sir Richard Burton was a very horny weirdo]
I'm currently rereading my copies of the Natsume's Book of Friends manga series. Very happy nice time reading.
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That was written on the preface text as well and.. did not exaggerate lol.
Oh that sounds like a chill read! Wish I could get into manga, but my brains just refuse to comply when it comes to reading panes right to left. Maybe it's just lack of practice.
It took me a lot longer than I liked to get used to it, and I grew frustrated a lot. This manga does have an anime adaptation, tho.
Essentialism.
I started it once before and didn't really like it and gave up, but I had been on a minimalism/simple living reading marathon for a while at that point and was a bit burnt out and needed some fiction. I've waited 6 weeks for a copy to become available again at my library again so am starting again now.
Is this Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown? Hope you can enjoy the book now! I've been really into minimalism and simple living for couple of years now as well, but was too afraid to pick up books about those things due to burning out in a similar way as you when I was really into productivity.
Reading fiction inbetween is really good advice. And hey since you are into minimalism, if you haven't found !minimalism@lemmy.world on lemmy yet, there it is :)
It is Greg McKeown's book, and yes my burn out was a mix of minimalism, productivity, no surf books (Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, Stolen Focus, Year of Less. The Shallows, The Future is Analog, Getting Things Done). Tried some H.P. Lovecraft in between who is an author I've not tried before. Not entirely sure I'm that into his work but it provided something different for a while and provides some background to a few board games I've played with friends.
Already subscribed and participating at minimalism on lemmy.world. See you there.!
No Mud, No Lotus, The Art of Transforming suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh. It's obviously a book about Buddhism in general but the "trhansforming suffering" bit is about letting go of past traumas and chasiing things like money or power or possessions, and being happy with your life in it's current state.
This book sounds good! At the same time it sounds like a tough read, because you need to self reflect and really dig deep. Hope you are getting good things out of the book!
Two books:
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All Adults Here by Emma Straub. I appreciate the simple, contemporary language that's easy for me to read through after a short book break to play some games.
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The Advanced Day Planner's Guide - more of a niche interest, I also enjoy planning. This book has lots of helpful, practical tips to boost your productivity in a non-stressful way. Planning has enabled me to achieve things I never thought possible and has left me plenty of time to enjoy myself too.