Educated

by Tara Westover

So what if I watched TV for twenty-four straight hours yesterday. I’m not falling apart. I’m just lazy. Why it’s better to think yourself lazy than think yourself in distress, I’m not sure. But it was better. More than better: it was vital.

What is a person to do, I asked, when their obligations to their family conflict with other obligations—to friends, to society, to themselves?