Isn't it wickedly ironic that my main complaint on this self help book about slowing down is that it's too meandering? It's such a tiny little book, and yet still drags as the author takes many detours to his soapboxes and irrelevant anecdotes. The Calls to Action are often so specific that they won't help most people (have only two outfits, anyone? Sounds like I'd just be busy going to the laundromat every day).

And yet, every now and then I need something to say to me, "You're addicted to your phone, and you need to do something about that." And I'm grateful to this book for giving me that message. I just wish I hadn't had to slog through the chapters on fast fashion, advertising, and stopping at stop signs to get there.

My favorite quote from this book, ironically, was from the Bible:
Mark 6:30-32
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.