Download or read book How to Do Nothing written by Jenny Odell and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** A New York Times Bestseller ** NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time • The New Yorker • NPR • GQ • Elle • Vulture • Fortune • Boing Boing • The Irish Times • The New York Public Library • The Brooklyn Public Library "A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."—Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review One of President Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of 2019" Porchlight's Personal Development & Human Behavior Book of the Year In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity, it can seem impossible to escape. But in this inspiring field guide to dropping out of the attention economy, artist and critic Jenny Odell shows us how we can still win back our lives. Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. And we must actively and continuously choose how we use it. We might not spend it on things that capitalism has deemed important … but once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book will change how you see your place in our world.

Download or read book I Didn t Do the Thing Today written by Madeleine Dore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stupid Things I Won t Do When I Get Old written by Steven Petrow and published by Citadel. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on award-winning journalist Steven Petrow's wildly popular New York Times essay, "Things I'll Do Differently When I Get Old." Soon after his 50th birthday, Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which included “You won’t have to shout at me that I’m deaf,” and “I won’t blame the family dog for my incontinence,” became the basis of this rousing collection of do’s and don’ts, wills and won’ts that is equal parts hilarious, honest, and practical. The fact is, we don’t want to age the way previous generations did. “Old people” hoard. They bore relatives—and strangers alike—with tales of their aches and pains. They insist on driving long after they’ve become a danger to others (and themselves). They eat dinner at 4pm. They swear they don’t need a cane or walker (and guess what happens next). They never, ever apologize. But there is another way... In Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old, Petrow candidly addresses the fears, frustrations, and stereotypes that accompany aging. He offers a blueprint for the new old age, and an understanding that aging and illness are not the same. As he writes, “I meant the list to serve as a pointed reminder—to me—to make different choices when I eventually cross the threshold to ‘old.’” Getting older is a privilege. This essential guide reveals how to do it with grace, wisdom, humor, and hope. And without hoarding. Praise for Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: “Unbelievably witty and relatable, I alternated bursting into laughter and placing my hand over my face in horror thinking, Oh my God, is that me? I often say, at this age we have something young people can never have…wisdom. My dear friend, Steven Petrow, has wisdom to share in this honest, funny, wry guide to keep us young at heart, without desperately hanging onto our youth. I am buying this book for all of my friends!” —Suzanne Somers, New York Times bestselling author of A New Way to Age “Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old is an irreverent, funny, honest look at aging and all the things we take for granted as normal parts of aging. They don’t need to be. If you struggle with getting older and want to find a fresh perspective on lessons learned about what NOT to do as we age, and what TO do to stay young in heart, spirit, mind and body, read this book.” —Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestseller author of The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet, and Head of Strategy and Innovation at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. “Steven Petrow resolved to do things differently than his parents had when he gets old because he wished they’d been able to enjoy life more. His solution? He created a list! In this book, he shares the secrets to living a full life regardless of our age. It's all about the decisions we make every day. My advice in a nutshell: Read this book and keep it handy.” —“Dear Abby” (Jeanne Phillips), nationally syndicated advice columnist “It’s never too early to imagine what your life will look like as you age. And as I once wrote, ‘We are not hostages to our fate.’ Petrow’s book will help you plan, think, and redefine what it means to get older—and even laugh while doing it.” —Andrew Weil, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Spontaneous Healing and Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being “Steven Petrow not only has a great attitude about life, he is wise about how to live it. Like me, he says we should embrace our one life 100% and not let a number—our age—get in the way of anything! Steven’s book will help you rethink the word “aging” and approach this next chapter with a positive and proactive attitude. Plus, this book is fun!” —Denise Austin, renowned fitness expert, author, and columnist “Steven’s writing feels like sitting with a friend—one who is unusually gracious, warm and frank.” —Carolyn Hax, author of the nationally syndicated advice column, Carolyn Hax Praise for Steven Petrow: "Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners helps gays and straights navigate the subtleties of the same-sex world." —People "Move over, Emily Post! When it comes to etiquette for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community—as well as their straight friends, family members and coworkers--author and journalist Steven Petrow is the authority." —TIME "What could've easily become a novelty book has emerged as an exhaustively researched, essential resource thanks to advice columnist and etiquette expert Steven Petrow." —The Advocate "From having kids to planning funerals, Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners has most facets of gay life covered. Ms. Post would approve." —Entertainment Weekly "An indispensable refresher course...on what's proper in modern...life." —Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book My Character Wouldn t Do That written by Donna Soto-Morettini and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting from the idea that the main hindrance to a great acting performance is self-consciousness on the part of the performer, My Character Wouldn't do That examines the ways in which some of our traditional and contemporary approaches to acting put us into a 'mind space' that can encourage self-consciousness. Examining evidence from a range of contemporary cognitive sciences, the book approaches acting and actor training in an entirely different way. Based on the latest research into brain activity and human behaviour, the book covers areas that standard acting texts do (character, emotion, memory, imagination, making active choices) but reconceives each of these elements through the lens of that contemporary research. The book is the first to look closely at what contemporary research tells us about: · personality/character and how environment shapes us · how memory works and how actors can work with (rather than against) their memory in preparing for performance · why actors must use different kinds of brain states and imagination in the various stages of preparation, rehearsal, and performance · how actors can frame active choices in a way that refocuses the source of thought and action · why actors should distinguish the stages of preparation and the kinds of thinking / imagination that works at each stage

Download or read book Ninety Nine and a Half Just Won t Do written by Kimberly T. Matthews and published by Aphrodisia. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superficial woman learns the hard way that everyone, including herself, falls short of perfection, and rightfully turns her life around and regains her self-respect, in this empowering novel. Original.

Download or read book What One Won t Do written by Gail McFarland and published by Gail McFarland. This book was released on 2012-06-03 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Mimi Dillon is in trouble. Her business accounts have mysteriously begun to "move" around -- and that ain't right! Enlisting the aid of her cousin, Gina, a Forensic accountant, is the first step to ending the drain on her finances. Stepping in to help, Gina knows that even the smallest crimes begin with a lie. The catch is to learn who told the lie and what it will lead to. Ready to challenge the crime, the last thing Gina is prepared for is having to work with her ex-husband, sexy, passionate Aaron Leveque. But Aaron is a man who loves hard and without restraint. He is more than ready to pick up where they left off, in ways Gina has tried to forget. Working on patience, Aaron stands at her side as they track Mimi's tormentor, and Gina finds herself remembering what they once had, and hoping for what a future together could bring them both. "

Download or read book Stuff I ll Tell You To Do That I Won t Do Myself written by Cara Ward and published by Cara Ward. This book was released on with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part self-help book, part memoir … with a twist. Cara takes you through the events that have shaped her life – from an iatrogenic condition which left her housebound and compulsions that made her feel mentally isolated, to her struggles to communicate after trauma and her battle with anxiety. It includes some observations on life and the lessons she has learned from pain – but whether she takes her own advice is another story ... This book covers: ~ Anxiety ~ Disordered eating ~ The destructive nature of fear ~ Comparison in the age of social media ~ Identity ~ A new take on shyness ~ Dating ~ Growing up with red hair ~ Transformation ~ Panicking ~ Chronic skin conditions ~ Trichotillomania and dermatillomania ~ An (OVER) organised mind … and much more. It is broken up into two parts, with the first part written in late 2019, and the second during the summer of 2020, and how the events of that year affected one thirty-something woman trying to navigate it all. She is not an expert on life – she is a mess.

Download or read book When the Ordinary Won t Do written by L. a. Kimo Richardson and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that God has designed your life to be great in every arena that He has called you to? God desires the extraordinary so much for you that He has laid out the pattern in His word so that you could activate it in your life. "When the ordinary won't do" was written with the intent of showing the reader how to go about activating the extraordinary hand of God in crisis situations by illuminating the law of the extraordinary as found in the book of Numbers. Do you yearn to begin experiencing the extraordinary living that you see glimpses of in the Word of God? If so, you just might want to open the cover of this short book and join me and many others on the journey to the extraordinary. L.A. Kimo Richardson is a minister at the Abundant Life Family Worship Church in New Brunswick New Jersey. In addition to being an author, he is also the C.E.O. of Aspiring Eloquence, a communication coaching company that specializes in helping individuals to achieve "eloquence in every expression".

Download or read book I Won t Do Wrong written by Hamish Robertson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not a magic cure, but could be an aid for a sufferer or carer. If you wish to tackle this demon head on, and feel that education of the illness the only way forward, then this book is for you. Educate your self to the brim if you wish too, Hamish did, one thing that Hamish has learnt is that if you are prepared to be wrong it makes you more right even if you are not so. This book is about transient understanding and Hamish, being very transcendental, is well placed to observe and to experiment. This is not a case of the blind leading the blind but a story of how one person has ploughed through life with only his own mind and steely sincerity to work with. He has not stopped he has ploughed through life and has been able to explain his way to recovery, by writing this book. In effect educating himself better. His findings include voice hearing truths and untruths transient timing (probably the best evidence of the existence of God) Transient Response (the best way to experience God) duel realities Including Feuds Super Ego (Talking in tongues). The existence of numbers being more than just mathematical as well as other interesting true tales and short stories. He believes in four dimensions and in parallel universes, which are separated from our world and so are not dimensions but universes. He believes that there is a reason for the barrier between such universes. Having started writing for himself for personal progression he soon realised that this work could be worth something to others, and so he started writing to an audience and not just to himself. The essence of Hamish' life is represented in this book as transience, he is very transcendental and so is well placed to study its workings.

Download or read book SHE DIDN T DO IT written by SJ WILKE and published by SJ WILKE. This book was released on 2023-07-24 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evelyn is newly married with the love of her life, living in a new home, and successful in her career. Her husband, Mason, is just as successful in his career. Everything looks and feels like a fairy tale. Until she goes out of town on business. Three days later, she is told her husband is dead. The police aren’t talking. She finds she is under suspicion for the murder of her husband. Statistically, when a spouse is murdered, the most likely person is the other spouse. But Evelyn wasn’t there. How could she have murdered her husband? While being hundreds of miles away? How can she prove her innocence? And why were there two used wine glasses in the house, when she doesn’t drink wine. Are there secrets Mason never told her?

Download or read book What Bae Won t Do The Finale written by Genesis Woods and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this conclusion to the saga, JaNair, after being publicly humiliated at the grand opening of her boyfriend's nightclub, heads to Houston, Texas to stay with an up-and-coming music producer whose career has skyrocketed--and so has his money.

Download or read book I Didn t Do It I Did written by Susan Pearson and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity lives in a bubble of ignorance, a state of mind that distorts our perception to include pain, discord and scarcity. However, this doesn’t have to be. Permanent Safety, Health, Prosperity and Peace can be our experience once we Remember who We Really are. This Truth is not new. Every Illumined Individual throughout the ages has discovered It. Religions have been built on It. For most of us, though, the Promise of sustained Harmony and Happiness is lost to the bubble time and time again. Why the Truth retreats and how we can contact It again is the subject of this book. In a deeply revealing conversation between human consciousness and Spiritual Consciousness, answers to questions such as “what am i doing here?” and “why am i in this body?” are explored. Ancient teachings are dusted off, linked together, and made more available and relevant. Our core assumptions, beliefs, values and objectives are profoundly challenged. However, if we are willing, Truth takes us by the hand and leads us to a higher Understanding where True Hope is offered in an increasingly chaotic, despairing and dangerous world.

Download or read book I Know What to Do So Why Don t I Do It Second Edition written by Nick Hall PhD and published by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Your Excuse? Life becomes complicated when you realize that the motivation to start or delay a task is a tug-of-war between positive and negative emotions. Don’t blame lack of willpower, laziness, or low motivation if you aren’t achieving your goals. Motivation is not a skill. Like a muscle, it’s subject to fatigue when stretched. That’s why fascinating research in the field of psychoneuroimmunology has revealed another reason you may feel paralyzed to take action—one with the potential to dramatically transform your life. In this completely updated edition of Dr. Nick Hall’s popular book, he shows you how to unlock the biochemical code that will free you to easily achieve any goal in life. And while the biochemistry may be complex, the solutions are actually quite simple. What’s your excuse? This book examines ten of the most common excuses for inaction and gives you specific strategies for dealing with each one. You will learn— An extraordinarily powerful stress-fighting tool that few take advantage of An easy way to instantly regain control and stay focused in an emotional emergency The mistake almost everyone makes when they organize their to-do list The way to reset your internal clock for a positive impact on your energy level--and more Nick Hall, PhD, is a medical scientist who has conducted groundbreaking studies linking the mind and body.

Download or read book A Job You Mostly Won t Know How to Do written by Pete Fromm and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A big–hearted novel “about the grace of friends and family, the true depth and patience of love, and the impossible privilege of what it means to be a father” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You). For young couple Taz and Marnie, their fixer–upper is the symbol of their new life together: a work in progress, the beginning of something grand, all the more so when they learn a baby is on her way. But the blueprint for the perfect life eludes Taz when Marnie dies in childbirth, plummeting the taciturn carpenter headfirst into the new, strange world of fatherhood alone, a landscape of contradictions, of great joy and sorrow. With a supporting cast as rich and compelling as the wild Montana landscape, the novel follows Taz's first two years as a father―a job no one can be fully prepared for. The five–time winner of the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award with more than eleven books in over twenty years, Pete Fromm has become one of the West’s best literary legends. A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How To Do beautifully captures people who end up building a life that is both unexpected and brave.

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Download or read book Debbie Doesn t Do It Anymore written by Walter Mosley and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this scorching, mournful, often explicit, and never less than moving literary novel by the famed creator of the Easy Rawlins series, Debbie Dare, a black porn queen, has to come to terms with her sordid life in the adult entertainment industry after her tomcatting husband dies in a hot tub. Electrocuted. With another woman in there with him. Debbie decides she just isn't going to "do it anymore." But executing her exit strategy from the porn world is a wrenching and far from simple process. Millions of men (and no doubt many women) have watched famed black porn queen Debbie Dare—she of the blond wig and blue contacts-"do it" on television and computer screens every which way with every combination of partners the mind of man can imagine. But one day an unexpected and thunderous on-set orgasm catches Debbie unawares, and when she returns to the mansion she shares with her husband, insatiable former porn star and "film producer" Theon Pinkney, she discovers that he's died in a case of hot tub electrocution, "auditioning" an aspiring "starlet." Burdened with massive debts that her husband incurred, and which various L.A. heavies want to collect on, Debbie must reckon with a life spent in the peculiar subculture of the pornography industry and her estrangement from her family and the child she had to give up. She's done with porn, but her options for what might come next include the possibility of suicide. Debbie . . . is a portrait of a ransacked but resilient soul in search of salvation and a cure for grief.