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

3.87 AVERAGE

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sleeson's review against another edition

3.5
informative lighthearted fast-paced
I always learn something new when reading a book written by Headlee. She does so much research while writing her books. She provides the sources. The information shared is not an opinion or assumption. Will continue to read her books. 
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dafsy's review against another edition

3.0
informative medium-paced

kneeksmcgee's review against another edition

3.0
A lot of interesting information, however, there are some things that make me take a step back and wonder if the writer is thinking big picture (or better yet, inclusive). I understand that each writer gets to do their own thing, and utilize the writing techniques they would like, but ensuring that groups of people are included is probably a good practice to utilize. There is a chapter called "The Busiest Gender" which discusses only things men or women do. As someone who identifies as nonbinary, it was a tough (albeit interesting) read while feeling excluded from the discussion. Feeling excluded from an entire chapter of the book almost made me stop reading it. The sprinkling of this idea throughout the rest of the book made me feel, icky, the rest of the read.

kerrynicole72's review against another edition

4.5
challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

caro_mac's review against another edition

3.5
informative medium-paced
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bookwormie's review against another edition

5.0
challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Really impressed by this author and I picked up on so many small details about myself and who I want to be outward perceived as and how those are well... toxic! Unsurprising capitalism is at the base of much of this. Every time I picked it up I had a good reminder and a new revelation about how I live my life or thinking of the people around me I work with or friends/family. I recommend this to all who are burnt out, unhappy, raising children, feel isolated, or out of control- so like, EVERYONE!

aswigart19's review against another edition

4.0
Really fantastic research on work culture, leisure, and what makes us human. My only complaint is about the “Life-back” section, which I felt took away from the author’s point elsewhere in the book about how the problem of overworking demands collective/structural change.
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hollishillis's review against another edition

4.5
hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
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teresabeatrice's review against another edition

3.5
informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

chelting93's review against another edition

5.0
Wow. Wow. Wow. Absolutely fascinating! I highly recommend this book to everyone!