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A review by jdscott50
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell
informative
slow-paced
3.0
It feels as if we are constantly running around. Our time is not our own. Jenny Odell's groundbreaking book, How to Do Nothing, demonstrated how to take back our time. In this new book, Saving Time, Odell continues this conversation. Are we a slave to the clock, or is there another way to measure time and make it our own?
I didn't like this one as much as How to Do Nothing. That book was an epiphany into the realization that we constantly think about monetizing ourselves. In Saving Time, she jumps off this idea, but it is less focused. It seems to imply moving oneself to an earth clock, a seasonal clock rather than a capitalistic one, but easier said than done. A good reminder again to take back one's time.
I didn't like this one as much as How to Do Nothing. That book was an epiphany into the realization that we constantly think about monetizing ourselves. In Saving Time, she jumps off this idea, but it is less focused. It seems to imply moving oneself to an earth clock, a seasonal clock rather than a capitalistic one, but easier said than done. A good reminder again to take back one's time.