pWe live in a world in which we are invited to change--to become our best selves through politics, or fitness, or diet, or therapy. We change all the time--growing older and older--and how we think about change changes over time too. pWe want to think of our lives as progress myths--as narratives of positive personal growth--at the same time as we inevitably age and suffer setbacks. pAdam Phillips's sparkling book iOn Wanting to Change iexplores the stories we tell about change, and the changes we actually make--and the fact that they don't always go, or come, together.p