Review

11 Dec 2023

I finished reading "How Proust Can Change Your Life" by Alain de Botton. Towards the end, I realized some similarities I share with Proust. Enjoy!

Je Suis Proust:

• Mom wants him to do a stable job and has always wanted one.
• Struggles in romantic relationships but generally has a lot of relationship advice always at disposal.
• Has a profound bond with the bed and hates to leave it at any cost—eat, sleep, work; can spend the whole life on the bed.
• Loves spending time with friends, going to new places.
• Conversations are love; listens more and always hears out the whole thing without adding his own side to it unless asked.
• Loves to read and write.
• Struggles financially, wants to travel the world but cannot afford to.
• Loves food.
• Sees beauty everywhere.
• Gets distracted easily; even a simple mundane object is amusing enough to start a stream of musings and memories.