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

5.0

An invigorating, atypical “self help” book about the value of Stoicism, mindfulness, catastrophizing, ego-death, and even death-death. Its main thesis is that the aggressive pursuit of happiness is likely to make you pretty miserable, whereas asking “what’s the worst that can happen?” and accepting the fact that most things are out of our control is freeing. I already agreed with the main points but still found valuable advice and greater historical context here.