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A review by capy
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
2.75
truly a collection of Stuff. the book seems randomly organized in parts, the writing is of course reassuring but bubbly, repetitive and elementary, which can be a pro or a con. thankfully, we're moving into a world of significantly more emotional intelligent discussions so, to me, the fact that i didn't get as much as i wanted out of this book might be a good thing?
the notes i did connect with (and apply to my life) include the importance of staying authentic, separating yourself from your thoughts, engaging in good self-talk, changing your perspective when you feel trapped, knowing you have to take the good with the bad, expanding your views by consuming art in all its forms, having an active community of support, being present in nature and lastly, the cosmically lucky chance we have as people to keep going — to stick around long enough to figure ourselves out
the notes i did connect with (and apply to my life) include the importance of staying authentic, separating yourself from your thoughts, engaging in good self-talk, changing your perspective when you feel trapped, knowing you have to take the good with the bad, expanding your views by consuming art in all its forms, having an active community of support, being present in nature and lastly, the cosmically lucky chance we have as people to keep going — to stick around long enough to figure ourselves out
Rest is an essential part of survival. An essential part of us. An essential part of being the animals we are. When a dog lies in the sun I imagine it does it without guilt, because as far as I can tell dogs seem more in tune with their own needs. As I grow older, I think that resting might actually be the main point of life. To sit down passively, inside or outside, and merely absorb things—the tick of a clock, a cloud passing by, the distant hum of traffic, a bird singing—can feel like an end in itself. It can actually feel and be more meaningful than a lot of the stuff we are conditioned to see as productive. Just as we need pauses between notes for music to sound good, and just as we need punctuation in a sentence for it to be coherent, we should see rest and reflection and passivity— and even sitting on the sofa—as an intrinsic and essential part of life that is needed for the whole to make sense.
this paragraph was the highlight of this memo soup, along with learning about karl heinrich ulrichs and about how plato was a wrestler. it's a book best digested when someone feels they need it, otherwise it won't really land as comforting but as fluff