A review by lsparrow
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee

3.0

I did get some good reminders from this book about connecting to oneself and the importance of rest. I am not sure that I agreed with all of her theories and it is very much written from the perspective of "knowledge workers". Although I think rest is important for everyone this idea of not multitasking (what if your actual task requires multitasking - eg: performing surgery) or some other ideas of 4 hour work days may not actually play out in certain areas - especially care work. I find the generalization of studies that are very contextual feels problematic. But overall the ideas and concepts of giving space for lesure and questioning our obsession with productivity are important to explore.