Improving ourselves

We discuss what we think of the self-improvement industry generally, our favorite self-help books and resources, and what does not work for us when trying to make changes. Here are the links we mentioned in the show:

• Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
• Dear Sugars podcast
• Glennon Doyle and her memoirs (Carry On, Warrior; Love Warrior; and Untamed)
• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston
• The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap) by Tammy Strobel
• Frugalwoods blog and Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames
• The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
• Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Creative and Productive Self by Manoush Zomorodi
• Gretchen Rubin's podcast Happier and her books (The Happiness Project, Happier at Home, and Better Than Before)
• Deep Work and Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
• By the Book podcast
• Habitbull app
• Calm app
• Pedometer

Life lately

Pepper has reached a new milestone: walking!

HP is entertaining both himself and E with homemade arcade games, inspired by this video.

Reading lately

Abby read Dietland by Sarai Walker and Sarah read Atomic Habits by James Clear.

Eating lately

Sarah made hot fudge sauce and Abby is enjoying cabbage cooked in the Instant Pot.

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