Martin Hähnel

Mini Review: Tiny Experiments

Somehow, this did not grab me at all. I ended up letting it just wash over me, not caring all too much if I got everything the author had to offer. I did finish it, so that counts for something. May have to give this another go at some point, as some parts did resonate with me, like following one's own curiosity instead of a predetermined path and filling live with meaning in that way. I also liked the idea of framing self discovery as fieldwork, experiments and (self-)anthropology.

But I do not have anything that really stood out to me as particularly helpful in my current moment. Except maybe the fact that stories about entrepreneurship and following one's nose in this regard did resonate as well - even though I thought I was over that.

I could see this book being an eye-opener for some who may yet have to find their way into the world of personal productivity, self-help, and so on, because it talks about many ideas in this field using her interesting framing of experimentation. But since I have read quite a few books in this regard, I was not one of them.

Review on Storygraph.