Notes on a Nervous Planet

Haig himself admits it's a mess of a book. Short page or two chapters musing on places he's had panic attacks, what people on social media think about social media, how to stop worrying about aging, the stigmas around mental health, how algorithms eat empathy, and how we all need to take a break from our phones.

If I'm being snarky, it's nothing more than Rupi Kaur's brand of earnest Instagram poetry fleshed out to blog length. And yet it's strangely soothing. We know that social media is a dumpster fire, that everyone is faking it, that the world can be a toxic, anxious place filled with smooth-brained and superstitious monkeys but it doesn't hurt to be reminded to get outside, leave our phones behind, and be kind to one other. It's the Simple Abundance Daybook for the new Millennium. A simple book of reminders to keep moving forward.