Tag: books
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A Little More Faith, A Lot More Curiosity
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Is it normal that as one gets older, the need to reconnect to one’s faith gets stronger? Is it because we are quietly aware that we are closer to our expiry date? That’s me, it seems. One of the things I had earmarked for retirement was to be a better…
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The One Thing an E-Book Can Never Replace
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If someone ever figured out how to bottle the smell of a library, I’d probably buy it. As much as I love reading, I’m actually not very fussy about what I read. I’ll happily pick up almost any genre. That doesn’t mean I’ll enjoy them all — there are books…
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On Becoming a Creature of Habit
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While still slugging it out as a corporate slave, I was encouraged by my then boss to read Atomic Habits by James Clear. Thinking it was her passive-aggressive way of highlighting my lack of good working habits, I simply nodded. Repeat a task at least six times and it will…