{"id":1793,"date":"2018-02-09T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2018-02-08T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T12:51:10","slug":"10-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/2018\/02\/10-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"10% Happier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just finished <a href=\"http:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/book\/10-percent-happier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10% Happier<\/a> by Dan Harris that chronicles his journey from young upstart reporter to drug use then finding meditation as a tool to help calm the mind and make him 10% happier. It really is a good book, and his sarcastic tone makes it a perfect read for anyone skeptical of meditation and Buddhism. Probably my favorite chapter is the one on his experience at a 10 day silent retreat, and the skeptical\/derogatory thoughts running through his mind. In the end, the best part is that I didn&#8217;t think it came off as preachy or as my mom would say &#8220;she she la la&#8221;. Give it a try, or if you want to check out his next book try: <a href=\"http:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/book\/meditation-for-fidgety-skeptics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics<\/a>. It&#8217;s on my list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/book\/10-percent-happier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00FJ376CS&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=markjacobsen-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=markjacobsen-20&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00FJ376CS\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<i>Please remember to <a href=\"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to the newsletter<\/a> to stay up to date!<\/i><br\/>\n<br\/>\n<i>You or someone you know looking to buy or sell?<\/i>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freedomre.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/freedomre-glre-small.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br\/>\n<i><small>Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. 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It really is a good book, and his sarcastic tone makes it a perfect read for anyone skeptical of meditation and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/2018\/02\/10-happier\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10% Happier<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[51,161,162,126],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2UXeD-sV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1795,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/1795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}