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How can we live in a mad world without ourselves going mad? Matt Haig`s Notes on a Nervous Planet is all about providing to us, some sensible and practical solutions to the above complicated question."We are humans. Let's not be ashamed to look like them."This concisely well-written book is must-read for all humans who have a brain and a mind. Libraries aren't just about books. They are one of the few public spaces we have left which don't like our wallets more than us.The importance of the
dear matt,i get it, you’re an anxious kinda guy. and our Internet Super Highway world where everything is Fast and Overwhelming doesn’t really help matters. neither does having beef on twitter with internet trolls so badly it makes your heart rate skyrocket.so, kudos to you for getting it out there. mental health issues are not easy to talk about. and i fully agree with you that the way we access, share, and process information can pose a lot of difficulties. for both the neurotypical and the ne...
A wholesome book on self-care in the 21st century - 4 starsYou’ll be happy when people like you.You’ll be happy when more people like you.You’ll be happy when everybody likes you.Digital detoxing and being happy in the 21st centuryMatt Haig takes on how modern day life, with abundant choices and psychologist involved in marketing of almost any product, effects our state of mind.It is very ironic that I listened to this book through Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/5o0Ptd...), commuting or...
This is a brilliantly efficient book, cherry picking the themes Matt explores in his fiction and condensing them into a less-than-300 page primer on mental health and how the world we live in today contributes to the widespread anxiety and depression on our 'nervous planet'. Haig details how we are all basically encouraged to be constant consumers--whether through technology or just in a traditional capitalist sense and how that can lead us to essentially forget the core of our base humanity. He...
3.5, rounded up.I really, REALLY liked Haig's previous 'self-help' book, Reasons to Stay Alive, even though some found it corny and simplistic. Reading this sequel, I could see why that feeling might be valid this time round. A prime reason why the previous book made an impact, is that it hewed more closely to Haig's personal history, as he shared autobiographical stories from which he gleaned his insights - here, there are far fewer such examples, so it just seems like a stream of platitudes -
I'm not really going to review this properly I bought it and read it just for me really. There's nothing much I can say that I haven't said before about this author's writing and sometimes you just want to read a book to kick start your soul again. Suffice to say that as ever after reading a Matt Haig book my faith in many many things is restored. Yes indeed.
“Reading isn’t important because it helps to get you a job. It’s important because it gives you room to exist beyond the reality you’re given. It is how humans merge. How minds connect. Dreams. Empathy. Understanding. Escape. Reading is love in action.”Of all the positive ideas this book imparts, the importance of reading in a stressful and busy world is by far one of the most significant. We are constantly bombarded by information from our phones and by screens. A book is simpler in many ways.
An ode to social media (by Matt Haig): When anger trolls the internetlooking for a hookit’s time to disconnectand go and read a book Can I get an amen on that?! Surely my lit-loving peeps felt that in the feels as much as I did. My 2021 mission to conquer Matt Haig’s backlist led me to his second nonfiction book that deals with his mental illnesses (anxiety, depression, and panic disorders). Notes on a Nervous Planet was written in 2019, and if the planet was nervous then it must be rocking bac
A very accessible book written by Matt Haig.I love the way it’s formatted and compiled of lists and short chapters. The subject matter is very relevant and I found it explored issues and anxieties concerning modern life and social media that have been at the back of my mind for a while.
