The only way I can really describe this is "internet philosophy." It's a weird kind of philosophical thought that seems profound on the surface, but once you dig a little deeper are profoundly pointless. The "ideas" here either don't really say anything or say things that are pretty obvious to anyone who's done more than thirty seconds of introspection. If you took a bunch of inspirational quotes from a middle-aged white woman's Pinterest board and wrote essays about them, you might end up with something like this. (Also, calling some of these entries "essays" is a bit of a stretch in some cases. Many of them are just lists.) They're repetitive but overall well-written, and some of the questions they pose might be interesting reflection questions, but on the whole this book gives a sense of superficial wisdom - it *feels* profound without actually *being* profound.