A More Exciting Life
by The School of Life
How to be more alive without changing your circumstances: curiosity, boldness, the examined life, risk, play, creativity, travel done properly. It argues excitement is a matter of attention and attitude rather than events.
Read it if…
you feel flat and do not want to blow up your life to fix it.
Skip it if…
you want adventure travel; this is inner adventure.
Three things you will actually use
- Excitement is attention, not novelty.
- Boldness is practised in small doses.
- Play is a form of seriousness.
Do this first
Read the chapter on curiosity and ask one person one real question today.
Our verdict
Alive without upheaval.
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