The Relaxed Absurdist

How to stop overthinking your life, make peace with uncertainty, and enjoy the days you actually have.

The Relaxed Absurdist book cover: illustrated green hills, an orange boulder, a small figure and a yellow sun on a cream background

You've probably tried to fix your overthinking already โ€” the apps, the routines, the books that promise calm in ten steps.

This one takes a different route: borrowing the best idea Albert Camus ever had (minus the cigarettes and most of the despair), it makes the funny, friendly case that peace doesn't require fixing everything first.

Kindle โ€” $2.99 Paperback โ€” $11.99

Or read the free essays on Medium โ†’

"Most of what is exhausting about the boulder isn't the boulder. It's the commentary."
โ€” from The Relaxed Absurdist

Stop overthinking

Why your brain keeps auditing your life โ€” and simple, funny ways to come back to the day in front of you.

Make peace with uncertainty

Camus's boulder, minus the despair: let plans wobble without treating every unknown as an emergency.

Enjoy your actual days

Small, practical shifts โ€” unhurried dinners, phone-free walks โ€” that turn ordinary time back into your life.

NEW ยท THE COMPANION JOURNAL

The Relaxed Absurdist Journal

The book, made hands-on. Twelve short practices, a 30-day experiment that takes about three minutes a day, weekly check-ins, and room to write. No homework, no scorecards, no gratitude quotas.

6 ร— 9 paperback, 86 pages. A good gift for any overthinker you love, including the one in the mirror.

Get the journal โ€” $9.99
The Relaxed Absurdist Journal cover: the same hills, boulder and walking figure with the word Journal in large type

About Cole Fenner

Cole Fenner writes about the gap between the life we plan and the life that actually shows up โ€” and why that gap is funnier, and friendlier, than it looks. The Relaxed Absurdist is his first book, and The Relaxed Absurdist Journal is its companion. He is probably not overthinking this bio. Probably.