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Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
649 reviews for:
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
Someone from my church recently posted a list of health and wellness books, and this was on the list. Headlee works with the question: Why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? Or to put it another way, how can we make our lives about more than just our work?
Honesty in review: I read the intro, skipped Part 1: The cult of efficiency (how we as a culture got here), and focused on Part 2: How to go from life hack to life back. (In some ways I began this work a number of years ago when a friend suggested that we talk differently, not verbalizing constantly, even with casual acquaintances, how busy our lives were.)
Headlee reserves Mondays for leisure--no work, no social media, no email, no texts. And her list of solutions (some reworded in language I can remember):
Increase your time perception--how are you actually spending your time?
Create your ideal schedule.
Stop comparing at a distance (with the 1-2%).
Work fewer hours. (This does suggest privilege and efficiency, but also points to not overworking.)
Schedule leisure (walks, hobbies, etc.)
Schedule social time (instead of FB scrolling etc.)
Commit acts of kindness.
Focus on ends--what actions get you to your ultimate values?
Reclaim your time and your humanity.
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Honesty in review: I read the intro, skipped Part 1: The cult of efficiency (how we as a culture got here), and focused on Part 2: How to go from life hack to life back. (In some ways I began this work a number of years ago when a friend suggested that we talk differently, not verbalizing constantly, even with casual acquaintances, how busy our lives were.)
Headlee reserves Mondays for leisure--no work, no social media, no email, no texts. And her list of solutions (some reworded in language I can remember):
Increase your time perception--how are you actually spending your time?
Create your ideal schedule.
Stop comparing at a distance (with the 1-2%).
Work fewer hours. (This does suggest privilege and efficiency, but also points to not overworking.)
Schedule leisure (walks, hobbies, etc.)
Schedule social time (instead of FB scrolling etc.)
Commit acts of kindness.
Focus on ends--what actions get you to your ultimate values?
Reclaim your time and your humanity.
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Not what I thought it would be? But truly enjoyed it and learned a lot.
this book basically examines and critiques our productivity obsessed culture, and encourages us too focus less on multitasking and more on presence. Turns out none of us are actually good at multitasking anyway!
This book is a good balance of interesting history and ideas for new perspectives and forms of self care. She emphasized the importance of community, unstructured time and resisting the urge to ALWAYS go go go. Very worthwhile read.
this book basically examines and critiques our productivity obsessed culture, and encourages us too focus less on multitasking and more on presence. Turns out none of us are actually good at multitasking anyway!
This book is a good balance of interesting history and ideas for new perspectives and forms of self care. She emphasized the importance of community, unstructured time and resisting the urge to ALWAYS go go go. Very worthwhile read.
medium-paced
Read on a friend's recommendation. Some interesting history on how/why people became workaholics. Good read for people burnt out on corporate life. Freelancers better served by 4000 Weeks Time Management for Mortals.
The idea here is incredibly significant, but the delivery falls flat for me.
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