jillpadams 's review for:

The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman

4.0

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Another one where I dogeared enough library book pages that I bought a copy to keep. Basic thesis: running away from fear of death, failure, and other existential negatives is counterproductive, increases anxiety, leaves you unprepared to cope with actual setbacks, & you're better off staring it all in the face/starting to embrace and explore your worst-case scenarios.

Buddhists, Stoics, Mexicans as reference.

Really good & just enough snark to make it doable.