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The Comfort of Routines: Essays on the beauty of the usual−50%
Quiet Essays

The Comfort of Routines: Essays on the beauty of the usual

June Alderwood · narrated by Serena Sherwin

2026

2h 53m
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The same walk, the same chair, the same cup at the same hour: it sounds like nothing, and it may be one of the steadiest things you have. These essays make a quiet case for the ordinary, noticing what repetition actually gives a life: less decision fatigue, a body that knows what comes next, a mind that can finally rest inside the familiar. Warm, observant, and content to sit with small moments rather than chase big ones.

Inside this audiobook

19 chapters

  1. 1How to Use These3m
  2. 2Standing Still4m
  3. 3Chapter 1: The Tired-Wired Hour11m
  4. 4Chapter 2: What Your Evening Self Is Really Asking For11m
  5. 5Chapter 3: Why the Day Follows You Home12m
  6. 6Chapter 4: The Doorway Ritual12m
  7. 7Chapter 5: A Slow Tour of the Body11m
  8. 8Chapter 6: The Warm Cup Before Bed11m
  9. 9Chapter 7: Dimming the Day11m
  10. 10Chapter 8: Twenty Minutes of Nothing to Get Right11m
  11. 11Chapter 9: The Worry Jar12m
  12. 12Chapter 10: A Walk Around the Block12m
  13. 13Chapter 11: The Scent of Slow11m
  14. 14Chapter 12: Building Your Own Nightly Ritual13m
  15. 15Chapter 13: When the Routine Wobbles11m
  16. 16Chapter 14: When to Ask for More Help12m
  17. 17One Last Thing3m
  18. 18About the Author1m
  19. 19From My Shelf to Yours1m
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