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Set Your Goals for 2025 with the Bite-Size Book Club!
AT THE LIBRARY
By Tammy Valentine at WPL
Dec. 26, 2024 10:52 am
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced.
With 2025 heading our way fast, people are making New Year’s resolutions and setting goals. There are few things as satisfying as setting goals, except accomplishing them. And time seems to be the limiting factor.
To help you with those goals, the Bite Size Business Book Club will be reading Cal Newport’s book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. It seems burnout has almost become the norm but this book will show us how we can still strive to reach those goals without dropping from exhaustion. If you want to make improvements in your life with a little support from friends join us. We will meet on Jan. 14 to discuss the introduction and chapters 1, 2 and 3. On Jan. 28 we will discuss chapters 4 and 5. These “bite size” discussions are a great way to engage with the material without being overwhelmed!
With time being short for everything I have found audiobooks to be a great help. Using Libby, daily, I have “read” many more books than I would have had time to actually read. And I have to share an audiobook that I recently finished. The title is The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. This book is great for several reasons. One reason it is so good is that the authors are mother and son speaking about their relationship through letters. Another great feature is that each author reads their part. There is something so special about listening to an author tell their story.
Don’t forget to check out the event calendar for the Sci-Fi book club and the What are you reading book club!

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