In her approachable and incisive new book, how to do nothing. Bookends booklist blog this clever, imaginative story brings loads of laughs. Resisting the attention economy, echoes the approach she took with her bureau, creating a collage or. How to break away from overworking, overdoing, and. A new york times bestseller a complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a selfhelp manual, then blossoms into a wideranging political.
Coming from an author with so many descriptorsstanford professor, artist, birdwatcher, archivistjenny odells how to do nothing may give the illusion of. Booklist this is neither a selfhelp book nor a howto for people looking for a guide for different working habits. Their imaginative stabs at this elusivegoaladd up to a whole lot of something. I dont want to be a frog read aloud story time bedtime story read along books. How to break away from overworking, overdoing, and underliving by celeste headlee.
Familyfun tony fucile has tapped into an aspect of childhood and adulthood in a sharp and amusing way that should ensure his book shelf space at bookstores and libraries for years to come. Headlee gives a great historical foundation and context for how american culture came to be so obsessed work and busyness. In how to do nothing, jenny odell argues for the potential we create by refusing productivity and redirecting our attention to active modes of. A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout.
Very funny book about two kids who attempt to do nothing and end up having a great time. Wiggly children will sit as still as they are capable of sitting to read lets do nothing again and again. Do nothing s conversational tone draws readers in, and it will appeal to those looking beyond selfhelp to something more meaningful. Cookie magazine fuciles comic timing is spoton, and the book is brisklypaced, despite being a book about doing nothingit s a winner. This book is a product of the 21st century, and it by no means intends to bring you something innovative and new. Odells writing is a reiteration and underlining of stuff we have all heard before. Resisting the attention economy, jenny odell makes a case for turning away from our devices and social media and toward engagement with the world in a more personal, aesthetic and cooperative way. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Do nothing is an excellent, wellresearched interrogation on our cultures obsession with overwork and efficiency, and the ways it stifles creativity and actual productivity and leads to a lower quality of life. Surely the lord god will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.