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informative
medium-paced
3.0
To begin with, I found this book a little underwhelming. Being on productivity guilt and letting go more, I found myself thinking more than once: "all nice in theory but just try switch off this brain!".
There is a also a lot of quotes and a lot of "it reminded me of this time" which felt strained and tedious.
As I kept going though I did find quite a bit of value in here and stuff that I probably needed to hear. More and more around embracing our humanness and how that influences the inconsistency of our days. Some days you'll get all the things done, some days getting out of bed is a high-five moment.
Personally, this is something I struggle with. I often lament the impact energy and emotion have on our productivity - if only we could all be robots! BUT it is an unavoidable reality of life so one we're better off acknowledging and not punishing ourselves for.
Dore does a nice job of reminding us that there will be days like these and a good life is probably just in getting better at riding the wave and finding enjoyment in it.
There is a also a lot of quotes and a lot of "it reminded me of this time" which felt strained and tedious.
As I kept going though I did find quite a bit of value in here and stuff that I probably needed to hear. More and more around embracing our humanness and how that influences the inconsistency of our days. Some days you'll get all the things done, some days getting out of bed is a high-five moment.
Personally, this is something I struggle with. I often lament the impact energy and emotion have on our productivity - if only we could all be robots! BUT it is an unavoidable reality of life so one we're better off acknowledging and not punishing ourselves for.
Dore does a nice job of reminding us that there will be days like these and a good life is probably just in getting better at riding the wave and finding enjoyment in it.
scarlettmg's review
2.0
Gave up on this one before the end. It’s approximately 75% quotes, and I couldn’t help but think this would have been better off staying with the podcast format. I don’t think Dore herself offers anything particularly new to the concept of productivity guilt and moving past it, she just regurgitates other people ideas and puts them in nice fluffy sentences. The only reason for two stars is I will go listen to her podcast because it seems like she’s had some interesting chats on there.
rigbylove's review
3.0
I was very excited about this book - I even bought it in hardcover! I took my time with it (16 months, according to the date I started) because I didn't want to finish it because of some productivity compulsion (that would defeat the point, eh?)... However, it really wasn't much of a book. There are some useful pieces but by the end I was a little tired of the generalities and I realized that productivity guilt is not something I have anymore. It is based on a blog, and perhaps could have stayed in that format. I am enjoying the Nap Bishop more.
sarah_grey's review
5.0
These types of books are always a lot of take what works and leave the rest. I found a LOT I could take and use from this book.