Here's an alphabetized list of my popular reading recommendations.
Books 
Burkeman, Oliver. (2021.) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (hardcover | audio)
Last night I was loving me some Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (hardcover | audio), by Oliver Burkeman. The premise: most of the literature on time management shortsightedly focuses on productivity; instead of this, it should focus on the finite time we all have and build productivity principles back from what we're trying to look back on when we die. Sound familiar? Yes — Mr. Burkeman and I are on the same page. But as is always the case with books, as I read I find myself appreciating Mr. Burkeman's unique style for approaching topics I've long thought about, and especially his winsome economy of expression. Special thanks to my friend Jim Burke for recommending this one to me — just excellent.
Damour, Lisa. (2017.) Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood (paperback | audio)
Lately I've been loving me some Lisa Damour's Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood (paperback / audio). I first came across Lisa's work through another Lisa — edu-legend Lisa Vahey — and just started listening to the audiobook this past weekend when my wife Crystal asked me to. Man! It is so good. I love my daughters more as I read this book and my female students. And lots of insights into teenagers in general.
Graeber, David. (2019) Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (paperback | audio)
I just picked up David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (paperback | audio) on the recommendation of a friend. I'm not the target audience — the title's a bit crass for my tastes — but I am deeply interested in helping my students and my colleagues to find work that matters to them. There's not a way to flourish long-term if you're starving for meaning in your day to day. In my experience, a job's meaning is often mostly held in the eye of the worker — in any coffee shop, there's a barista who finds the work soul-sucking and a barista who finds it fulfilling — but there is something to the job itself, too. How do we help our loved ones and our students and ourselves to do more meaning-driven work? This is the question I'm exploring as I read.
Kross, Ethan. (2021.) Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It (paperback | audio)
Ethan Kross' Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It (paperback | audio), which was recommended to me by my friend John. I remember seeing Kross speak half a decade or so ago in Philadelphia and being impressed by his work on self-control. But what I love about this book is that he's respun self-control into something with heart and empathy and nuance.
We've come a long way since the marshmallow test.
Things that aren't books 
Morning Brew (free daily newsletter)
It's good. I don't read the news anymore, which long-time readers will know was a thing I've struggled with. Try out the Brew, it's cool.
