The 21st and final book I read in 2023 was ‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear. This was a rare self-help book that I enjoyed. James’s claim is that forming and keeping good habits and letting go of bad ones isn’t a matter of moral failure but that of lacking a practical habit management system. His system is to build scaffoldings to support and nudge us, toward that better version of self that we all so long for.

Other recent posts on books.