Troy Terwilliger’s Reviews > The Book of Delights: Essays > Status Update

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There’s something so refreshing about watching an author give himself full permission to just sit back, smile, and savor the small stuff. It doesn't take itself too seriously, yet by the time you're a few essays in, that breezy, adorable tone subtly changes how you look around your own room, your own street, and your own day. It's like a gentle reset button for your attention span.

The author details the romance of the every day. The obscure and mundane so often understood but fleeting. Imagine a world where this was a precedent. Humans adapt quickly to good fortune, often chasing increasingly novel or intense high points just to feel satisfied. Anchor-points of daily delight act as a counterweight to this cycle on the hedonic treadmill.

The more delights you discover, the more there is to delight in.