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dame_samara's review against another edition
1.0
I had high hopes going into this book, mostly because I think that it is important that people learn to really do nothing, but this book didn't really follow through on the why or how though.
Which made it feel more like a new trendy thing rather than something that we should be trying to implement into our lives for the long term.
If you're looking for a book that feels more like it's written for the long term I'd recommend "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy" by Jenny Odell
*I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for a review, all opinions are my own*
Which made it feel more like a new trendy thing rather than something that we should be trying to implement into our lives for the long term.
If you're looking for a book that feels more like it's written for the long term I'd recommend "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy" by Jenny Odell
*I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for a review, all opinions are my own*
claytell's review against another edition
2.0
A book that tells me the art and justification for doing nothing. As a person who is always doing something, this was anathema. But I think I approached it with an open mind. I enjoy the minds wandering book much more than this.
annemariep68's review against another edition
3.0
Audiobook: There are quite a few good ideas here to help manage busyness better…and create some space to de-stress without guilt. As a part-Dane who has always enjoyed “Hygge” times, I think this is a good addition to that cultural practice.
Narration was good. Not too slow or fast pace.
Narration was good. Not too slow or fast pace.
lukiut's review against another edition
3.0
(Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book!)
I don't often tend to read self-help books, or books that focus on wellness trends, but I had to get my hands on this one, since it evolved around Dutch culture, which has become such an important part of my life over the last year and a half.
And that, I enjoyed. The small tid-bits of Dutch culture we got, I mean. They weren't much, but they were something.
I also enjoyed the talk of niksening, or doing (literally) nothing for the better of yourself and your mental health. It was very well integrated in the `go go go` concept on which today's society is based, and the end of each chapter came with some nice questions you could brood over. That was cool.
However, what I did find out is that niksen will never be an option for me. Not long-time niksen, at least. And that, as the author says, is completely fine.
I would recommend you to pick up this book if you want to try a new wellness trend that is not as much focused on making the most of your time and not as toxic as those that are mainly being promoted now, but that would be about it,
I don't often tend to read self-help books, or books that focus on wellness trends, but I had to get my hands on this one, since it evolved around Dutch culture, which has become such an important part of my life over the last year and a half.
And that, I enjoyed. The small tid-bits of Dutch culture we got, I mean. They weren't much, but they were something.
I also enjoyed the talk of niksening, or doing (literally) nothing for the better of yourself and your mental health. It was very well integrated in the `go go go` concept on which today's society is based, and the end of each chapter came with some nice questions you could brood over. That was cool.
However, what I did find out is that niksen will never be an option for me. Not long-time niksen, at least. And that, as the author says, is completely fine.
I would recommend you to pick up this book if you want to try a new wellness trend that is not as much focused on making the most of your time and not as toxic as those that are mainly being promoted now, but that would be about it,
mrskendallreads's review against another edition
3.0
I'm surprised I liked this book! I bought it during the pandemic, right when it was released, but I didn't read it until almost two years later. While this book is about niksen, the author admits that the Dutch consider it a primarily made-up concept. She makes some arguments defending niksen's place in Dutch culture briefly, but it's halfhearted. The book mostly celebrates Dutch culture and calls for us to be less busy and less distracted. I suppose I liked it because I went into it with such low expectations. That, and the bibliography. I love bibliographies. We all remember Hygge and the flood of similarly themed books from around the world. By the time this book came around, that trend was gasping its last breath. I blame the pandemic for buying it because I never bought the Hygge book when it came out.
ioana_cis's review against another edition
3.0
Was super excited to read a new cute book - but mostly is about that - a cute reading but nothing revolutionary. Some quotes:
- The attraction of illness lies in its capacity to redeem one of the greatest vices of our society: not doing anything,” writes management professors Carl Cederström and André Spicer in The Wellness Syndrome.
- Ben Coates puts it well: “Yeah. You have to fit in. To be gay is completely fine and a man married to another man, that’s fine. But if you put your trash out in the wrong container or on a wrong day, that is a major social scandal.”
- Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing, calls this NOMO, or necessity of missing out.
- We’d all be fixed if there was just one way and we could figure it out. People just want one answer. They want you to tell them to go into nature for 120 minutes a week and breathe deeply eight times, and that’s it. People feel it’s simpler if they are given a very clear blueprint, whereas in real life there is much more room to wiggle.”
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- The attraction of illness lies in its capacity to redeem one of the greatest vices of our society: not doing anything,” writes management professors Carl Cederström and André Spicer in The Wellness Syndrome.
- Ben Coates puts it well: “Yeah. You have to fit in. To be gay is completely fine and a man married to another man, that’s fine. But if you put your trash out in the wrong container or on a wrong day, that is a major social scandal.”
- Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing, calls this NOMO, or necessity of missing out.
- We’d all be fixed if there was just one way and we could figure it out. People just want one answer. They want you to tell them to go into nature for 120 minutes a week and breathe deeply eight times, and that’s it. People feel it’s simpler if they are given a very clear blueprint, whereas in real life there is much more room to wiggle.”
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jordynkw's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.5