Leisure
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American Time Use Survey
Report Summary: In this report, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics details how Americans spend their time. There are many data...
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Counterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge Economy
Book In this book, Melissa Gregg argues that the emphasis on productivity as the ultimate measure of job performance is a...
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 (from the Bible)
Poem In the opening chapter of Ecclesiastes, a speaker who identifies themself as a preacher and king of Jerusalem proclaim a deeply nihilistic...
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Give Up On Work-Life Balance
Article In this article, Olga Khazan argues that the best way to stay sane while managing work and life is to...
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How to Care Less About Work
Article In this article, Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Peterson argue that American working culture is unsustainable. Warzel and Peterson ask: when...
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Leisure: The Basis of Culture
Philosophical Text From the book description: "One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, the...
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Midlife
Book The description for this book is as follows: "How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead,...
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On the Orders of Work (Excerpts from Aristotle's "Politics")
Philosophical Text In these excerpts from Aristotle's Politics, he explores the proper relationship between work, education, and government in a well-ordered society.
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Process (Excerpt from "Games and Why They Matter: A Conversation with Thi Nguyen")
Video In this video, narrator Thi Nguyen describes the value in work as process rather than product. He connects this to...
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Punching the Clock (from the book Bullshit Jobs)
Article In this excerpt published by Harper's Magazine from his work Bullshit Jobs, Graeber explores why it is that meaningless work makes us so...
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Rest
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Overwork is the new normal. Rest is something to do when the...
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‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
Article In this article, Brooks compares the relentless pursuit of success to an addiction. He argues that work can be a...
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The Dangers of Having Too Little to Do
Video In this video, the School of Life argues that, while we think we'll be happy once the work is done,...
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The Hard Work of Being Lazy
Video In this video, The School of Life argues that sometimes it is difficult to be lazy enough. We ought to...
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To be of use
Poem In this poem, Marge Piercy glorifies work and workers. She claims that meaningful work is a natural desire of humans, and...
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Triumphs of Experience
Book The description from this book is as follows: "At a time when many people around the world are living into...
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Work-Life Balance
Video In this video, The School of Life explains why work-life balance is impossible. They argue that our brains are generalists,...