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

4.0

The perfect book for a cynic like me, even though I prefer to think of myself as a realist in that regard. Stoicism, Buddhism, mindfulness and a bunch of other things I found worked amongst the plethora of useless advice all make their appearance here, to no great surprise. As the author writes, it is simple, but not easy, and we seem to confuse those words. It all boils down to acceptance, because we really can't control everything, and it is in trying to do so that we make ourselves so miserable.