Calm
by The School of Life
Sources of agitation (romantic, work, other people, the media, death) and sources of calm (perspective, nature, pessimism, art, ritual) in short essays. It is a small hardback designed to be kept by the bed and it does its job.
Read it if…
you want a short, elegant book on composure.
Skip it if…
you want techniques; it offers perspectives.
Three things you will actually use
- Expect difficulty and much of it stops being alarming.
- Perspective calms what willpower cannot.
- Nature and art are tools.
Do this first
Read the essay on pessimism as a source of calm.
Our verdict
Composure, elegantly.
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