“Improving Ourselves to Death: What the self-help help gurus and their critrics reveal about our times” by Alexandra Schwartz in The New Yorker
Aren’t we OK the way we are? We’re not like the malcontents shown above. We’re not pushing, shoving, sweating, shouting. We’re not trying to achieve more and acquire more — not suffering from “moreitis.” It’s OK to be dull.
If we make any resolution at all, shouldn’t it be to join a anti-self-improment movement?
Have a spare bottle of laundry detergent . in . case those undies get ahead of you.
Great suggestion. Let’s come up with a standard shopping list of routine, dull items. In addition to laundry detergent, dishwasher tablets, loo paper, paper towels . . . what else?