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A review by sleeping_raccoon
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Minor: Addiction
Some of the language this book used made me a little uncomfortable with myself as a person who has struggled with an eating disorder in the past. He provides examples of the ways techniques might be implemented, and often those examples are things like tracking calories or weighing yourself every morning. He puts a disclaimer at the end of the book saying that tracking every little thing is not conducive to health, but literally starts the book by saying that weighing yourself every morning is an example of a good habit (with the caveat of that depending on who you are- but there is no acknowledgement of why this kind of thinking might be legitimately dangerous for many people). He consistently uses weight loss as a metric for progress, despite his whole book being about steps towards a goal. Why not look at how much stronger they became instead? Another example: I don’t necessarily think there’s anything wrong with rewarding yourself with ice cream after a hard workout, unless that ice cream will make you feel that your workout was pointless (which ir wouldn’t be), and in that case, the problem isn’t the ice cream, but society and influences like Clear that suggest that it is The information was straight forward and helpful for me, but like he says at some points, please don’t apply this in ways that will hurt you.