How To Be Less
Alice PorterNotes from a recovering self-optimiser on wellness, creativity and living a happily inefficient life.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 45 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 15 days ago |
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[AUDIO] Why Wellness Content Is Making You Feel Worse
I’m a health journalist and the stories I’ve been asked to write have shifted dramatically over the last few years.
Morning! I’ve been becoming increasingly frustrated and disheartened by the type of stories I’ve been commissioned to cover...
Why Wellness Content Is Making You Feel Worse
I started writing about health by accident.
I always saw myself writing about culture or politics. But my journalism career started in 2020, at which point public health was kind of a big deal.
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Unoptimise (Issue 003)
your monthly guide to disengaging from optimisation culture
Oh hi! And welcome back to Unoptimise, a series from How To Be Less designed to help you reflect on your relationship with wellness and optimisation culture.
A TBR Pile Is An Act Of Radical Optimism
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[AUDIO] A TBR Pile Is An Act Of Radical Optimism
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notes from a recovering self-optimiser on wellness, creativity and living a happily inefficient life
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