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The Good Enough Job
The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work | Simone Stolzoff
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"Superb."�Oliver Burkeman A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches. From the moment we ask children what they want to �be� when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life�s ultimate (…more)
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ImperfectCJ
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I can't remember how this book got on my radar, but overall I like it a lot. There's a lot here that resonates with my recent experiences working full-time after a long, long break then choosing to go back to part-time. I think I'm less prone to define myself by my work, but I'm not immune to our culture's take on the virtue of labor. I wish I had a better roadmap for influencing systemic change, but the book provides welcome validation.

Aimeesue Stacked! I‘m working a good enough job that I mostly like, but the pressure to excell! and do more! and advance! Is relentless. I just want to have enough $ and time to enjoy my actual life, thanks. 8mo
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fredthemoose
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ Some interesting thoughts/ideas about keeping work in its place in the context of your life and identity, but a lot of the examples were of super high performers who burned themselves out so badly that they left or took extended sabbaticals, which seem like more extreme cases. I was hoping for more about how to achieve “good enough” job status without having to burn it all down.

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rabbitprincess
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This is not a how-to book with quick and easy tips on how to reclaim one‘s life from work. Everyone‘s relationship to work is different, so the book presents a variety of stories that you may see yourself in. This isn‘t telling me personally much new, but it does present the information in a good way that I think will help people who haven‘t thought about work in this way before.