I didn't do the thing today / Madeleine Dore.
By: Dore, Madeleine [author.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2022]Description: xii, 289 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780593419137; 0593419138.Other title: I did not do the thing today.Subject(s): Time management | Guilt | Self-actualization (Psychology) | SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness | SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success | SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational | Guilt | Self-actualization (Psychology) | Stress managementGenre/Form: Self-help publications. | Self-help publications.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives.
Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There's the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don't want to do, and the thing we've been putting off, despite it being the most important thing. Even on days when we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or disappointed.
After five years of searching for the secret to productivity, Madeleine Dore discovered there isn't one. Instead, we're being set up to fail. I Didn't Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal--by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life.
For anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way.
"Letting go of productivity guilt"--Cover.
The thing about advice -- At the start of the day. The narrowing of productivity ; The expansion of creativity -- The stumbles in the day. The hopeless search for the ideal routine ; The worry of wasted time ; The shifting goalposts of ambition ; The myth of balance ; The standstill of indecision ; The deflation of comparison ; The great disappointment of expectation ; The trap of busyness ; The denial of limitation ; The harsh rules of discipline ; The push and pull of distraction ; The trying pursuit of perfection -- At the end of the day. The generosity of kindness ; The depth of curiosity ; The moments of enjoyment.
Explores the concept of productivity guilt, which includes comparison to others, striving for perfection, and too great expectations, and explains instead how to find value in each day, rather than dwell on what the individual did or didn't complete.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- The Thing About Advice (p. xi)
- Part I At the Start of the Day
- 1 The Narrowing of Productivity (p. 3)
- 2 The Expansion of Creativity (p. 19)
- Part 2 The Stumbles in the Day
- 3 The Hopeless Search for the ideal Routine (p. 31)
- 4 The Worry of Wasted Time (p. 53)
- 5 The Shifting Goalposts of Ambition (p. 73)
- 6 The Myth of Balance (p. 89)
- 7 The Standstill of Indecision (p. 109)
- 8 The Deflation of Comparison (p. 125)
- 9 The Great Disappointment of Expectation (p. 137)
- 10 The Trap of Busyness (p. 163)
- 11 The Denial of Limitation (p. 185)
- 12 The Harsh Rules of Discipline (p. 203)
- 13 The Push and Pull of Distraction (p. 221)
- 14 The Trying Pursuit of Perfection (p. 239)
- Part 3 At the End of the Day
- 15 The Generosity of Kindness (p. 257)
- 16 The Depth of Curiosity (p. 267)
- 17 The Moments of Enjoyment (p. 277)
- Acknowledgments (p. 287)
- Further Reading (p. 290)
