Friday, August 16, 2019

Rejoicing

Moonflower, I think...
Finished Tara Westover's Educated the other day and it's one of those books that sticks with you. Her upbringing sounded so unreal that I was glad that she put author's notes in there about it being fact-checked. Westover also consulted with siblings about memories and where the memories vary, there are footnotes.

Next, I'm on to reading How We Live Our Yoga...

I want to get my hands on the 1619 Project; it's free to read online but my visual stamina for reading on a device is not that great.

Listened to the 10% Happier episode about Sharon Salzberg's medical emergency. Dan Harris mentions something about taking two steps back and Salzberg says that those steps are never as far back as we think they are then asks Can we rejoice more (about accomplishments) instead of focusing on those "backward" steps?

The importance of rejoicing is always a hard lesson to learn.

Also listened to an 11 minute meditation with Sebene Selassie on 10% Happier. It was great and I'm thinking about subscribing to 10%...

I'm having another wild Friday night. I cut the grass, took a shower and did about 20 minutes of yoga.


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3 comments:

  1. gingerzingiAugust 18, 2019 at 8:41 AM

    I remember hearing about "Educated." I'll put it on my list but don't have much time for reading right now. I'm making my way through "Confederates in the Attic" in 2-minute bits. Not sure I'll finish; it's okay and all, but I've never had interest in the Civil War in the way that many Americans do, and the book is trying to explain that phenomenon. Their attitudes are simultaneously boring and reprehensible. Maybe I'll skim.

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  2. gingerzingiAugust 20, 2019 at 6:49 AM

    p.s. I can't look at the 1619 project yet because I've used up my free NYT articles, but I enjoyed this article:
    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/the-conservative-backlash-against-the-new-york-times-1619-project.html

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  3. 'DreaAugust 27, 2019 at 9:35 PM

    I applaud you for sticking with the Attic book for as long as you have. Is there an audio version???

    Thanks for Slate article link.

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