Celine Nguyen

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Celine’s Notes & Highlights

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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

a certain nervous feeling, of being overstimulated and unable to sustain a train of thought, lingers. Though it can be hard to grasp before it disappears behind the screen of distraction, this feeling is in fact urgent. We still recognize ...more

Olga Carpenco

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this book inspired me to consider a simple tree contemplation to be a beautiful act of resilience. I will be forever grateful for this reminder.

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Celine Nguyen has read 77 books of her goal of 50!

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