What is An Amateur's Guide to Staying Alive about?

The book starts from the pressure to do, improve and optimise in a culture where wellness is aspirational but commodified. It questions that culture and considers the personal cost of chasing being well.

Who is An Amateur's Guide to Staying Alive for?

It suits anyone who is tired of self-improvement as a full-time job and wants a thoughtful look at the pressure to keep improving ourselves.

an amateur's guide to staying alive

Questioning the pressure to be well

Reading guide

This is a standalone book with no series order, so it can be read on its own with nothing needed beforehand.

The book is a non-fiction exploration of wellness culture, opening from the publisher's observation that we live under constant pressure to do, improve and optimise, and that the quest to be well can come at a personal cost.

Description

Scottee's An Amateur's Guide to Staying Alive starts from a feeling many readers will recognise: that wellness has become something to buy, and that the pressure to keep improving rarely lets up. The book questions a culture that urges us to do more, optimise more and chase being well, often at a real personal cost.

It is a thoughtful choice for anyone who has grown tired of self-improvement as a full-time job. Published by Piatkus Books in 2027 and filed under Health & Fitness, it invites readers to think critically about what being well actually asks of them.

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An Amateur's Guide to Staying Alive

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