Title Of Idleness

Author Michel de Montaigne

Kind of Book Essay

How strongly I recommend it 8/10 

My Impressions Short and sweet. Montaigne soon learned after retirement that without a goal his mind soon drifted to unwanted places

Practical Takeaways

• Have a fixed goal and aim for your soul to focus on A: "The soul that has no fixed goal loses itself

Big Ideas

• Unless you keep your mind busy with something to focus on you will drift into disorder/chaos/depression

• When you have nothing to do/ no purpose your mind wanders and goes to dark places