Why I'm Reading Far Less Nonfiction

'Kinda done with hearing others' advice for how I can do or be better. Instead, trusting the wisdom I hold within.

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I spent my 30’s, 40’s, and even my early 50’s voraciously reading nonfiction: self-improvement, personal growth, spirituality-esque topics and genres. I was searching—for answers, for ways to make sense of my life and relationships, for 3- or 7- or 10-step plans that would fix everything, for any and every way in which I co…