@polo77j. You mentioned slogging through Wealth of Nations. Me too! I’ve had good intentions but I keep reading a little bit, then starting other things.
I was looking at my intellectual goals for the last year and I have continued to read interesting articles from The Economist magazine. I’m never going to be an Econ wonk, but it’s good for world news.
I haven’t been keeping up my reading in this thread, because I’m not reading much in the PWI/ History categories lately. I have to prep daily to teach, which makes me just want to read lighter things, fiction.
I’ve been on a bit of a religion/ Buddhism/ writing/ psychology tangent.
I read the Tao Te Ching, the Stephen Mitchell translation, and it’s found a place on my desk. I’m interested in seeing eternal truths in other faith traditions. Some of the verses in the Tao, relate perfectly to teachings from the NT.
I enjoyed The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin. Maybe more of a chick book, but it’s really funny, and practical, and gets into some of the research about what makes us happy. She tries to adopt a new habit each month, and chronicles her successes and failures. I normally avoid the self-help/ pop psych section but this was very good.
Mental Traps: The Overthinker’s Guide to a Happier Life, by Andre Kukla.
@The_Myth, I read An American Childhood by Dillard a long, long time ago. I have a thing for coming of age books, and thought she was just a beautiful writer. Thanks for the reminder. I will look for her other books. About writing, I have Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott on my desk right now, but I haven’t started it. I’m trying to develop a writing practice. Think of a disordered journal with assorted memories, reflections, essays, and poems.