The Cookie Jar
— drawer №02
№ 02 · the shelf

books, and the underlines
they leave behind.

A reading log, kept honestly. Fiction, philosophy, design, the occasional manual. I read slowly and re-read often — the books that stay are the ones that came back.

9 books tracked currently 2 7 finished
— philosophy —
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
currently reading · two at once

Meditations.

A Roman emperor writing to himself, never intending an audience. The rawness of it — a man holding himself accountable on the page — is what makes it stick. Also reading: Influence by Robert Cialdini.

reading
ongoing
“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.”
— Marcus Aurelius · underlined

2026's shelf.

— finished —
Atomic Habits
Clear
48 Laws of Power
Greene
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Psychology of Money
Housel
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Kiyosaki
Can't Hurt Me
Goggins
Think and Grow Rich
Hill
— currently reading —
Meditations
M. Aurelius
Influence
Cialdini
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recent finishes.

2025
Atomic Habits
James Clear
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." The most actionable book on behaviour change I've read.
★★★★★
320 pp.
2025
48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
Always say less than necessary. A cold, unsentimental look at how power actually moves between people. Useful and slightly uncomfortable.
★★★★★
452 pp.
2025
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Doing well with money has little to do with how smart you are. Nineteen short essays that changed how I think about financial decisions.
★★★★★
256 pp.
2025
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
Most people only use 40% of their potential. A brutal, honest memoir that made me question every excuse I've ever made.
★★★★★
364 pp.
2025
Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
The original. More about the psychology of persistence than money. Some parts haven't aged well but the core principle holds.
★★★★★
320 pp.
2021
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki
The book that first made me think differently about money, assets, and liabilities. Read it young — it landed harder for that.
★★★★★
336 pp.
2021
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Strategy over force, every time. Short and dense — the kind of book you keep re-reading and keep finding new things in.
★★★★★
273 pp.
checkout history

kept on a card,
like a small library.

Every book gets a stamp on the way in and on the way out. The card is real — I keep one per shelf. Old habit from a librarian aunt. It made me read with more affection.

est. 2021 9 cards filed
The Cookie Jar Lending Library
private collection · est. 2019
yeartitlestatus
2021The Art of Wardone
2021Rich Dad Poor Daddone
2025Atomic Habitsdone
202548 Laws of Powerdone
2025Psych of Moneydone
2025Can't Hurt Medone
2025Think & Grow Richdone
2025–Meditationsreading
2026–Influencereading
9 books

a year in pages.

Each square is a day. Darker means more pages turned. Streaks are visible. Bad weeks are visible too, and that's fine.

less more
monwedfrisun
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

on the to-read pile.

— next up —
Zero to
One
Peter Thiel
— queued —
The Lean
Startup
Eric Ries
— queued —
Deep
Work
Cal Newport
— someday —
Thinking,
Fast & Slow
Kahneman

next, the lab.

Where what I'm reading meets what I'm trying to learn.

to the now drawer →