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Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
653 reviews for:
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
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informative
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This book was exactly what I needed to hear right now, and I plan to buy my own copy so I can refer back to it when needed. I don't tend to push myself too hard at work, but I'm terrible about turning my personal life into a never-ending series of goals and productivity hacks. Not only does Headlee explain exactly what's so damaging about this approach to life, but gives succinct, useful advice on how to move in a better direction. My main takeaways from this book are to stop multi-tasking, be mindful of how I'm spending my time, and treat my smartphone as a tool and not a distraction device.
wow my 600th book read!!!!
this book is nice because it is very soothing and helps me start to break down my Super Virgo energy and restlessness and feel more okay with just hanging out. Enjoyed the history of leisure time and discussion of the hierarchy of human needs. The suggestions to focus on community and friendship were heartwarming, and I’m excited to try out the author’s other advice and gradually alter my relationship to work/productivity.
this book is nice because it is very soothing and helps me start to break down my Super Virgo energy and restlessness and feel more okay with just hanging out. Enjoyed the history of leisure time and discussion of the hierarchy of human needs. The suggestions to focus on community and friendship were heartwarming, and I’m excited to try out the author’s other advice and gradually alter my relationship to work/productivity.
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An informing and thought-provoking read. In part feel called out but also provided an ample amount of tools and tricks to break away from our post-industrialist tedium.
I'd like to rename this the Anti-Industrialist Capitalism Handbook. There's a lot of research behind what the writer is saying, I think they provide some thought-provoking ideas. I just wonder how realistic our lofty expectations could be in a world whose economy seems largely out of our hands. Luckily, the author does provide doses of mindfulness activities and ways to unplug and reconnect to the present that I plan on integrating, at least in some part, to my day to day. The book made me very conscious of my sometimes unhealthy work/life balance and my relationship with tech as opposed to my relationships irl. It was hard to read at times, just because it really challenged me in ways I wasn't ready for. But I think as a whole, the points come from a good place and there are quite a few options in here to reduce tech use and increase genuine connections to your friends, relationships, hobbies, and self.
I'd like to rename this the Anti-Industrialist Capitalism Handbook. There's a lot of research behind what the writer is saying, I think they provide some thought-provoking ideas. I just wonder how realistic our lofty expectations could be in a world whose economy seems largely out of our hands. Luckily, the author does provide doses of mindfulness activities and ways to unplug and reconnect to the present that I plan on integrating, at least in some part, to my day to day. The book made me very conscious of my sometimes unhealthy work/life balance and my relationship with tech as opposed to my relationships irl. It was hard to read at times, just because it really challenged me in ways I wasn't ready for. But I think as a whole, the points come from a good place and there are quite a few options in here to reduce tech use and increase genuine connections to your friends, relationships, hobbies, and self.
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Reading this book did force me to self reflect a little but it didn’t seem to have that many groundbreaking ideas in its foundation. I feel so bad because I really wanted to like this book but the very obvious feelings based approach in the arguments backed by citing someone else’s vaguely related work made me feel a bit unconvinced on the argument. Unfortunately I just felt like I was reading around & around in a vague circle.