The Library
one sentence summaries & notes
Books of 2026
August
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
A boy’s journey onto finding his own “Personal Legend”
July
The Odyssey (Homer, Emily Wilson Translation)
A man’s journey to return home after a war.
May
Ikigai (Francesc Miralles & Hector Garcia)
Studying Japanese people to live longer.
- Drink green tea more.
- Achieving flow: do one thing at once. We might often overlook the amount of things we are doing at a moment. For example, a student taking notes, listening to a lecture, and reading the textbook at the same time is jumping between 3 different focuses. To tap into flow, we should minimize the amount of jumps / switches we make at the moment.