{"product_id":"how-to-be-weird-eric-g-wilson-9780143136576","title":"How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a One-Of-A-Kind Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA guidebook for beating the monotony of the everyday by purposefully cultivating the surprising joys that come from living an off-kilter life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's all too easy to get caught up in the often monotonous nature of our day to day--moving from one rote task to the next, only to rinse and repeat the next day. Weirdness, however, is an easily accessible antidote to these feelings of languishing. The quirky, eccentric, and peculiar can take us out of our normal habits of thought and perception, surprising us by breaking up our routines and reminding us that there's more to life than the everyday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Weird\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric G. Wilson offers 99 fun and philosophically rich exercises for embracing all the weird in the world around us--taking aimless walks, creating a reverie nook, exploring the underside of bridges, making tombstone rubbings, finding your own Narnia, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith brief digestible entries on how to make sense of the random, guidelines on how to defamiliarize familiar objects through meditation, and exercises for locating weird states and phenomena for ourselves, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Weird\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to lean into the weird and to live a fuller life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric G. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143136577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143136576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.43w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 73","brand":"Eric G. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076428034303,"sku":"9780143136576","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_643ca2d6-f8b8-41c0-9315-08b8e98e89bf.jpg?v=1685464932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-be-weird-eric-g-wilson-9780143136576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}