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Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
650 reviews for:
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Headlee presents the problem clearly: productivity for efficiency’s sake is misguided and it’s hurting us. Also, the solutions. Refocus societal values on what actually enables effectiveness. Prioritize being a better human, joy, and relationships and collaboration. I’ll be implementing her Life Backs.
Headlee's writing style is very repetitive, but key takeaway: use your vacation time!
informative
fast-paced
I enjoyed this book. From the message to the authorial voice to the advice--I recommend this book to anyone who wants to reexamine their work-to-life ratio, how they use their spare time, or take a look at how our society has constructed (and thus, now sees) the expectations we hold about leisure time.
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slow-paced
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medium-paced
Not at all what I expected, it was more or of a history of how we became so focused on productivity and multi-tasking than about how to do nothing. I don’t know now that I have read it that it is self-help, I feel like it is more encouraging the reader to self-evaluate, to remember to breathe and take moments to enjoy the life they built. That it isn’t a competition of who is busiest, that family and work can and should be separate spheres.
informative
inspiring
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relaxing
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced