652 reviews for:

Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

Celeste Headlee

3.87 AVERAGE

lsparrow's review against another edition

3.0

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I did get some good reminders from this book about connecting to oneself and the importance of rest. I am not sure that I agreed with all of her theories and it is very much written from the perspective of "knowledge workers". Although I think rest is important for everyone this idea of not multitasking (what if your actual task requires multitasking - eg: performing surgery) or some other ideas of 4 hour work days may not actually play out in certain areas - especially care work. I find the generalization of studies that are very contextual feels problematic. But overall the ideas and concepts of giving space for lesure and questioning our obsession with productivity are important to explore.

odenwesd's review against another edition

4.0

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First part felt slow but loved the practical ideas in part two.

lacarbajal1202's review against another edition

4.75

informative reflective fast-paced

pnnylayne's review against another edition

3.75

informative medium-paced

ppeynetti's review against another edition

2.0

reflective fast-paced

tabaltdelete's review against another edition

4.0

informative medium-paced

katesimone's review against another edition

4.5

informative inspiring fast-paced

nerdpastornate's review against another edition

3.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

nettles's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5 ⭐️

I wasn’t the target audience but it was a well researched book with a lot of great takeaways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

jesstaillieu's review against another edition

4.25

informative