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A Splash of Arcana (Pobyd Perfections Bakery #2)

by S. Usher Evans (Goodreads Author)

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The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell

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Danes do have a good work-life balance on the whole. ‘And if we don’t, we usually do something about it. You ask yourself, “are you happy where you are?” If the answer’s “yes” then you stay. If it’s “no”, you leave. We recognise that how ...more

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

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“Money doesn’t necessarily make someone happier, but it can lead to more control over one’s life and ultimately less sadness.”
― Whitney Goodman, Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy

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“Each turn builds upon previous work as you make a series of good decisions, supremely well executed, that compound one upon another. This is how you build greatness.”
― Jim Collins, Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

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“Not everything you do has to be about improving your health, your knowledge, your job, or your body. It's OK to just be. There's no finish line or trophy for being the most improved.”
― Whitney Goodman, Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy

tags: acceptance-self-love, improvement

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“[Burnout] isn’t a personal problem. It’s a societal one—and it will not be cured by productivity apps, or a bullet journal, or face mask skin treatments, or overnight fucking oats.”
― Anne Helen Petersen, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

tags: burnout, millennials

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“I find myself returning to one of the best pieces of advice I’ve received about how to actually reduce burnout: Think not just about how to reduce your own, but how your own actions are sparking and fanning burnout in others.”
― Anne Helen Petersen, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation – A Cultural Critique of Capitalism, Debt, Hustle Culture, and Exhaustion

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