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Book Review: The Last Lecture

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The Last Lecture: Lessons in Living Randy Pausch (with Jeffrey Zaslow) 2008 Hachette pp. 267 The Last Lecture is a set of ideas that Pausch presented in his last address to students, colleagues and family. His resilience, sense of humour and spirit to live are undoubtedly admirable. He has quite deliberately, hidden pearls of wisdom…

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Book Review: The Unspeakable Joy of Less

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The Unspeakable Joy of Less: Discover your Path to Radiant Joy, Unshakable Peace and Deeply Satisfying Liberation  Tabata Yukio and Joyce Fung 2018 CreateSpace pp. 108 Another one in the life management, self help genre, this one is in line with what I have been trying to change in my own life. The book is…

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Book Reviews: Ikigai and How to Not Always be Working

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Ikigai: Giving every day meaning and joy Yukari Mitsuhashi 2018 Octopus Publishing pp. 118 How to Not Always be Working: A toolkit for creativity and radical self care Marlee Grace 2018 Morrow Gift pp. 112 Ikigai is a book about the art of always staying busy in an attempt to increase your longevity. The book…

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Book Review: I Can’t Clean, Don’t Make Me!

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I Can’t Clean, Don’t Make Me!(The Lazy Way to Conquer the Mess)Dixie Lee Johnson2018 Rokit Books pp. 88 I picked up this book because of its unique name and of course because I am in desperate need for decluttering. However, the book completely failed to inspire me, right from the start. I think the difficulty…

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Book Review: The Life Changing Magic of Tidying

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The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Marie Kondo 2011 Vermillion pp. 248 In this book Kondo summarises her method of tidying around the house. She claims that this can have far reaching impact on how you live your life. I don’t dispute her claim that a more organised lifestyle at home is going to have…