Celeste Headlee
Teoksen Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving tekijä
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- Syntymäaika
- 1969-12-30
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Whittier, California, USA
- Koulutus
- University of Michigan (MMus|Vocal performance)
Northern Arizona University (BA|Vocal performance) - Ammatit
- journalist
speaker
musician
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Celeste opens the book by thoroughly explaining the history of work beginning in the late 19th century. She talked about daily routines, how people define work, work ethic, and the development of our dedication to over working. My interest was not held well during this portion of the book. My expectations were quickly going down hill and disappointment began to settle in.
Once Celeste explored the various ways in which we misperceive the purpose of working, my interest in this book improved. Threaded throughout the chapters she consistently points out how and why we overwork ourselves and put work ahead of more important areas of our lives. She talked about our desire to work more, in order to earn more money, so we can spend more. We perceive idleness as being lazy, and hobbies as activities we don’t have time for. Since this was truly the bulk of the book; why we work so much and fail at enjoying our lives, Celeste covered A LOT of topics. She made some good points I found relevant to my work/life habits and some of her points were of the “I’ve heard that before” variety.
Celeste talked about our tendency to work extraordinarily long hours, continuing our work day at home by checking and responding to email 24/7. Our current work lifestyle has us always being available for work tasks or communications. She exposes gender differences to work. Men are usually done for the day when their work day ends. Most of their tasks are seasonal or occasional. For women the work is constant. A full day at work and then housework, kids, and more work when they get home. Celeste stresses the importance of...
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