{"product_id":"the-friction-habit-sage-burr-9798186571131","title":"The Friction Habit: Reclaiming the Slow, Hands-On Life in a Frictionless World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEverything got easier. So why does it all feel so flat?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor twenty years, the world has been quietly removing friction from your life. Tap to buy. Tap to eat. A blue line to follow so you never learn the way. Every convenience was a small, reasonable yes-and together they added up to days that slide past smoothly and leave almost nothing behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Friction Habit\u003c\/i\u003e names what all that smoothness quietly took: the competence that comes from doing a thing yourself, the presence a demanding task forces on you, the ownership you feel for what you've touched with your own hands, and the memory that only effort lays down. Strip out the effort and you strip out the very things that made your days feel like yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a call to throw away your phone or move to a cabin. It's a practical guide to one learnable skill: telling the friction worth keeping from the friction worth deleting-and deliberately putting a little of the good kind back. Across four everyday domains-making and fixing, moving and navigating, cooking, and thinking on paper-you'll build a friction habit that is \u003cb\u003esmall, chosen, and sustainable\u003c\/b\u003e: the kind you'll still have years from now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you'll learn how to: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecognize the \"generative\" friction that hands back competence, presence, ownership, and memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut the pointless kind without a shred of guilt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRun a simple audit of your own outsourced life-and choose just two things to reclaim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet up your days so the better choice is the easy one, not a daily act of willpower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeet the next frictionless upgrade with one clear question-without becoming insufferable about it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever finished a comfortable, frictionless day and felt strangely empty, this book explains why-and hands you the way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Sage Burr, author of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eOff the Feed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Good Kind of Alone\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Burr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798186571131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Sage Burr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084300624127,"sku":"9798186571131","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-friction-habit-sage-burr-9798186571131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}