Will and Attention (Meghan O'Gieblyn)

This book isn’t out yet, but based on this excerpt published in Harper’s, I have little fear I’ll regret recommending it. The way O’Gieblyn expresses our conundrum with willpower — that it is the act of overcoming the simultaneous desire for two things that stand in direct opposition to each other — really hit me.

Update: I’ve now read the book. I was right — it’s wonderful.