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What About Me?
What About Me?: the struggle for identity in a market-based society | Paul Verhaeghe
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According to current thinking, anyone who fails to succeed must have something wrong with them. The pressure to achieve and be happy is taking a heavy toll, resulting in a warped view of the self, disorientation, and despair. People are lonelier than ever before. Todays pay-for-performance mentality is turning institutions such as schools, universities, and hospitals into businesses, while individuals are being made to think of themselves as one-person enterprises. Love is increasingly hard to find, and we struggle to lead meaningful lives. In What about Me?, Paul Verhaeghes main concern is how social change has led to this psychic crisis and altered the way we think about ourselves. He investigates the effects of thirty years acceptance of neo-liberalism, free-market forces, and privatisation, and the resulting relationship between our engineered society and individual identity. It turns out that who we are is, as always, determined by the context in which we live. From his clinical experience as a psychotherapist, Verhaeghe shows the profound impact that social change is having on mental health, even to the extent of affecting the nature of the disorders from which we suffer. But his book ends on a note of cautious optimism. We can once again become masters of our fate if we accept the challenge.
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Soubhiville
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For @sebrittainclark I‘d love to get to know you a bit as well, since we are #AuldLangSpine matches!

I was so excited to receive your list today!

My reading life is by audio in my car and at work and mainly physical books at home. I have a kindle but I don‘t use it very much.

I‘m in 2 bookclubs, both local but virtual since Covid. One is traditional, the other is topic based, so we all read different books that we feel fit a chosen topic. Fun!

Soubhiville I run the #AuthorAMonth challenge here on Litsy. I like to participate in a few challenges every year, and I usually change them up every year. In 2023 I plan to do #Booked2023, and this is my first time doing #AuldLaudSpine! 1y
Cinfhen Love this post!!! 1y
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Djspens
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#thisorthat @RealLifeReading I had to cheat, chocolate is my favorite snack! Wine and a good craft beer, mainly IPA, are my fave drinks. I used to dog-ear my books, gasp!! Now I cringe when I see someone do that!

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Read4life
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@Jess7 just tagged me on this. So...
1. Royal blue 💙, navy blue, turquoise
2. 📚, tea, cocoa, chocolate 🍫, HP ⚡️, Sherlock 🕵️‍♂️
3. The Giver & all Harlan Coben
4. Fiction, mystery, thrillers (not horror)
5. Clowns, graphic novels, manga, cooking
6. I 💙 Tervis cups
7. Goodreads in my bio
8. So a little late on this one so have you done this yet @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck @Emiller @NovelGirl82 @Karen

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eanderson
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1. Pride and Prejudice 💕 or crackers and cheese
2. The Hippopotamus song... I can‘t!
3. Almost every family member but going to be asking for drawings after this year. It‘s getting to be too expensive for our budget with little ones coming along.
4. I‘ve surpassed what my goal was! 🍾
5. On it!!!
#FriYayintro

LikelyLibrarian Ha! I LOVE the hippopotamus song! 6y
MicheleinPhilly Wait a minute! #3. 😮 6y
eanderson @MicheleinPhilly oh!!! Hahahaha I should have said niece and nephews 6y
MicheleinPhilly Ah yes, important distinction.☺️ But nieces and nephews are so much fun. 🤗 6y
eanderson @MicheleinPhilly they really are! Milo is one of my nephews and my sister always asks for books as gifts for him! 6y
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MommyOfTwo
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1. I‘m not sure I have one favorite book but I do enjoy a good sci-fi book
2. Little Drummer Boy, I don‘t know why but the pa rump pa pa pa drives me nuts!!! 🥜 😜
3. No but I do enough. We do white elephant on one side of the family which is always fun.
4. 134/150. I don‘t think I will make it this year! 😭
5. ✋🏻🤚🏻✋🏻🤚🏻✋🏻🤚🏻✋🏻🖐🏻
#FriyayIntro

DebbieGrillo My grandmother loathed that song and my brother would play it every Christmas just to annoy her. RIP Nana. 6y
howjessicareads @DebbieGrillo I probably shouldn‘t be laughing; but your comment cracks me up! 6y
MommyOfTwo 😂 6y
mhillis I can‘t stand Little Drummer Boy either! 6y
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MommyOfTwo
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Short stories
I guess I‘d be more of an introvert
Thriller
Enemies, I‘m not really sure what a frenemies are
Cake
Quidditch Cup
Hardcover
I like both
Romance
#ThisOrThatSwapEdition

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MommyOfTwo
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Wisconsin, United States
Science Fiction
Paperback, but hardcover is better
Out on the deck if it's nice, otherwise in bed

pri_bibliophile Hardback IS better! Haha 7y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
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This was hard! And I couldn't fit it all on here so I typed it up.

#20thingsaboutme

Jess7 #Target 😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗 7y
Jess7 You need the hashtag though! 7y
LauraBrook Love it! Totally stealing your idea to type it up. ☺️ 7y
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That-Bookish-Hiker @jess7 I need the target hashtag or the 20 facts? 7y
That-Bookish-Hiker @LauraBrook I tried writing it at first but my handwriting is so sloppy! 🤦🏽‍♀️ 7y
Jess7 The 20 facts about me tag 🤗but it looks like you added it!! 🤗 7y
That-Bookish-Hiker @Jess7 lol I couldn't remember what the tag was and I had to go look at other people post after I posted my pic. 😂 7y
Centique I am totally with you on #chucksforlife 👍 7y
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erinreads
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Got it all on one graphic! Sorry if you have poor eyesight. I guess I will remain a mystery to you. 💁🏼
#20factsaboutme

Alfoster #20. Damn girl! You've got it made👏👏👏😍😍😍! 7y
saresmoore I like you EVEN MORE NOW. 7y
erinreads @Alfoster TELL ME ABOUT IT. #thelife 7y
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erinreads @saresmoore 💕💕💕💕💕 7y
queerbookreader I don't drive either thank god I found someone else who doesn't too 7y
queerbookreader Also soy chai latte is my Starbucks drink ✨ so cool you work for Girl Scouts!!! My friend and I have this Girl Scout project we're doing because didn't have good experiences in GS when we were kids and it's been fun. I hope you like your job a lot omg 7y
Melissa_J I also have a husband who does the cleaning. It's the best! Oh, and chai lattes from Starbucks are my favourite drink 😊 7y
erinreads @lemonlime799 I literally have the least glamorous job with the Girl Scouts as I'm the Customer Care Manager, so I just deal with angry people all day. But it is reassuring to know I'm literally working for the woman and NOT the man and working for an organization that is good for this world. So there's that! 7y
erinreads @Melissa_J Husbands who clean are the greatest! 👌🏻 7y
Sha0102 16 🖒 7y
Karkar #16 - me too!!! 🤣🤣 7y
mrozzz 👌🏻chai and reading on the metro 😊 7y
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Avanders
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Joining in this fun. ???
1. The Discovery of Witches series
2. Red Rising series
3. Twilight
4. Romance/paranormal romance/teen romance ?
5. Edward Cullen, not to be too repetitive...
6. Judy Blume, sorry... (#sorrynotsorry)
7. The paternal, controlling man and the "independent" but secretly spineless woman "love story" ?
8. 50 Shades
9. Da Vinci Code... the movie was ok... the book was not my bag ?
#unpopularopinionsbooktag (tagged 2 :))

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IamIamIam
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#asidefrombooks @beachbookworm7
Favorite hobby: crocheting
Favorite drink: Miller Lite
Favorite food: 🍨
Favorite color: purple
Favorite city: New York!
My dream house location: San Diego
Favorite accessory: a silly expression
Favorite show: The Twilight Zone
Last movie watched in theaters: Cars 3
Currently reading: The Stand, HP #2, How To Be Cool in the Third Grade

These pictures sum up how I look in every photo! #derp

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StephBengtson
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@saguarosally #welcomelitten
1️⃣Minneapolis
2️⃣My aunt posted about Litsy on Facebook and how cool it is. She was right! 😎
3️⃣Dune, it's awesomely bad and because David Lynch.
4️⃣There is a turtle living in my backyard right now. I think it's laid eggs. I've named her Rocket. 🐢 💨

RinaBrahmbhattBarot Love this!!! Your aunt is super cool :) 7y
saguarosally Don't think I'm your aunt. 😜 7y
StephBengtson @saguarosally I don't think so either? 7y
saguarosally No, I was just being facetious. 7y
StephBengtson @saguarosally ha! Sorry I'm a little slow lately. 😂 7y
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