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izzyball6Dec 22, 20223 min readAre Books Really Not Worth Reading?You must be fancying me mad after reading this title. How can a writer even entertain such a thought on the subject of books? Not to...
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izzyball6Nov 15, 20226 min readOur Obsession With Productivity And What It Says Of Our Relationship With Time"Time won't give me time …" goes my favorite Culture Club song. Now does that not capture so much of how we often feel about our lives?...