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A review by marieandthebooks
Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture by Caroline Dooner
4.0
I binged the F*ck it diet and went straight on to binge tired as f*ck, so I felt I knew the format and general idea here.
I had read that it was also partly memoir - which it is! And I’d say it’s 3/4 memoir AND f*cknit diet and the tired part didn’t show up until the last hundred pages.
I thought perhaps the book would offer a more similar approach to the burnout that comes with hustle culture than it did so that was a little disappointing to me. However it did give some really good personal tips without the heavier research based backing.
I kind of love Caroline as a person and I think if we had the same orbit could be best friends, but I also think we’re both too introvert to go on bumble friends and make that happen.
Instead I will just listen to her audiobooks and agree with all her observations wholeheartedly. I TOO hate dating apps, binge drinking and society’s ducked up standards!
I chose to listen to both her books because I think she’s a damn fine actress and her tone and voice makes all the difference. They are so much funnier with her light tone than it can end up being if you add weight and seriousness to it. Then it might be super depressing cause she lists possibly all the worst possible things she’s lived through - but I truly believe she must have had some amazing times in between the tragedies to be able to write with such humor.
The book made me lower my shoulders for the period it took to read, and it reminded me to take stock on what’s important and what needs to be minimized if not cut to live a better life. I’d say that’s pretty good work for a book
I had read that it was also partly memoir - which it is! And I’d say it’s 3/4 memoir AND f*cknit diet and the tired part didn’t show up until the last hundred pages.
I thought perhaps the book would offer a more similar approach to the burnout that comes with hustle culture than it did so that was a little disappointing to me. However it did give some really good personal tips without the heavier research based backing.
I kind of love Caroline as a person and I think if we had the same orbit could be best friends, but I also think we’re both too introvert to go on bumble friends and make that happen.
Instead I will just listen to her audiobooks and agree with all her observations wholeheartedly. I TOO hate dating apps, binge drinking and society’s ducked up standards!
I chose to listen to both her books because I think she’s a damn fine actress and her tone and voice makes all the difference. They are so much funnier with her light tone than it can end up being if you add weight and seriousness to it. Then it might be super depressing cause she lists possibly all the worst possible things she’s lived through - but I truly believe she must have had some amazing times in between the tragedies to be able to write with such humor.
The book made me lower my shoulders for the period it took to read, and it reminded me to take stock on what’s important and what needs to be minimized if not cut to live a better life. I’d say that’s pretty good work for a book