A real life

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A handbook for survival in these strange times.—CW Magaziné
We seem to have forgottén what life is all about.
So begins this heartfelt, laugh-out-loud sequel to Máté s cuJt classic, A Reasonable Life. He cautions us that as slaves to electronic devices and obsessed with material goods, we are becoming physically inert, intellectually blinkered, and devoid of deep emorion. Our blind lust for gadgets and possessions has displaced true and lastirig joys such as our bealth, creativity, self-reflection, and fiilfxllment.
How has our unquestioned pursuit of the American dream left us? FinandaJjy insecure, estranged from our families, helpless without our wireless toys, overweight, pervasively depressed and increasingly isolated. But don't despair, a renaissance is underway.
In this new call for genuine, vibrant living, Máté challenges us to re-evaluate the meaning of success,security, technological progress, and how we work, eat, play, and love. With surprising statisrics,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A handbook for survival in these strange times.—CW Magaziné
We seem to have forgottén what life is all about.
So begins this heartfelt, laugh-out-loud sequel to Máté s cuJt classic, A Reasonable Life. He cautions us that as slaves to electronic devices and obsessed with material goods, we are becoming physically inert, intellectually blinkered, and devoid of deep emorion. Our blind lust for gadgets and possessions has displaced true and lastirig joys such as our bealth, creativity, self-reflection, and fiilfxllment.
How has our unquestioned pursuit of the American dream left us? FinandaJjy insecure, estranged from our families, helpless without our wireless toys, overweight, pervasively depressed and increasingly isolated. But don't despair, a renaissance is underway.
In this new call for genuine, vibrant living, Máté challenges us to re-evaluate the meaning of success,security, technological progress, and how we work, eat, play, and love. With surprising statisrics, eye-opening observations, and engaging anecdotes he rekindles in us a love of sirnple daily life: the forgottén pride and joy of independence, neighborliness, working with our hands, the revitalizing effect of closeness to nature, the irreplaceable value of lifelong friendships, and the enduring rewards of face-to-face conversation.
Here's a wake-up call to take control of your existence and lead a passionate, joyful and, most importantly, real life.
Praise for A Reasonable Life
The most powerful, damning, inspiring and hopeful call for a fulfilled life you can írnagine. Now if we would only just listen for the sake of our children.—Country Journal
Maté is a new, much-neededThoreau in our darkening age. 1 ürge anyone who has not yet done so to visit the hopeful Walden ofhis vision.—Christopher Bensőn, The Fisher Press
This book will look insane to a normál American. Which shows how crazy we have become. Reád it—you might get a life.—Charles Bowden Vissza