Je Suis Proust

I finished reading “How Proust Can Change Your Life” by Alain de Botton. Towards the end, I realized some similarities I share with Proust. Enjoy!

Je Suis Proust:

• Mom wants him to do a stable job and has always wanted one.
• Struggles in romantic relationships but generally has a lot of relationship advice always at disposal.
• Has a profound bond with the bed and hates to leave it at any cost — eat, sleep, work; can spend the whole life on the bed.
• Loves spending time with friends, going to new places.
• Conversations are love; listens more and always hears out the whole thing without adding his own side to it unless asked.
• Loves to read and write.
• Struggles financially, wants to travel the world but cannot afford to.
• Loves food.
• Sees beauty everywhere.
• Gets distracted easily; even a simple mundane object is amusing enough to start a stream of musings and memories.
• Perpetually mildly depressed, but needs that for his art to come out.

Are you also a Proustian? Let me know!

You may read my review of the book How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton here and check out the highlights of the book here.