Life Got You Down? Time to Read The Master and Margarita
Life got you down? Take a piece of advice from another of Bulgakov's (author of Master and Margarita) novels and stop reading the news. There is nothing actionable in the news; next to no utility. News is simply a time sink that depress your spirit. So take the good doctor's words from Heart of a Dog: "If you care about your digestion, my advice is [sic] never read soviet newspapers before dinner" and generalize it to the sources of outrage in your life that are getting you down.With that said, I highly recommend reading Master and Margarita as it is my favorite novel. It is a work however that is deeply rooted in its time and place, so looking at annotations[1] that explain the subtlety is very useful.This comment was based on my previous two comments here[2][3].[1] http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14282358[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14870327