How to Be Less Useful The Joy of Inefficiency

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How to Be Less Useful The Joy of Inefficiency | 1.92 MB

Title: How to Be Less Useful The Joy of Inefficiency
Author: Priyanka Mattoo
Category: Biography & Memoir, Happiness, Adventure & Literary Travel
Language: English | 96 str. Pages | ISBN: 9780593803196


Description:
A delightful book about reclaiming pleasure in mid-life-a potent mix of self-help and memoir, from one of today's wittiest, wisest voices.

"A hilarious chillout manual for cool people who want to be more than their appointments and obligations." -Samantha Irby
"I have done everything right, and I have missed everything."
Think about what we choose to cut out or overlook as we approach the deep end of adulthood: Dessert. Naps. Pretty underwear. Sweaty dancing. "Pointless" hangs with the people we love most. And then, activities that used to be fun somehow lose their luster, usually in the decade between thirty and forty: summer vacation (exhaustion), stay-in-touch texting (bandwidth), finding the perfect restaurant (the algorithm).
When did our lives become entirely about efficiency and optimization?
Priyanka Mattoo shares her journey toward being less useful,...