Summary

Reflection of A Short Story: Surrogate by Nabaneeta Sen

“Surrogate” depicts detachment, autonomy, guilt/relief through our main character Sarama and her situation with her husband, Soumen.

Sarama, a school teacher living in a joint family marriage taking care of her husband, Soumen’s father, and his two younger siblings. Sarama’s dream is to have a child – of her own to take care of.

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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Psychologist John Gottman: can tell of couples will last the next 15 years just through studying a conversation. (Micro-expressions) – contempt means no, they will not. Psychologist Samuel Gosling did an experiment on college students (friends vs strangers). Both were on point if not, strangers more just by looking at their rooms. (Thin-slicing)- you don’t

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (Mark Manson)

Takeaway Perusing the negative generates positivity for example: the pain of exercise brings overall better; being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident Disappointment Panda: tells you the hard truth such as:  your actions don’t really matter that much in the grad scheme of things  we are mediocre Value of suffering: we are

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