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#Bookspin for July (yikes!)
only four books because I don‘t think I‘ll get to even one of these after all the others I want to read…

Even after a drastic rise in wage labour after the Civil War, it was compared to prostitution or slavery, sometimes by white workers wanting distance between sex workers and enslaved Black people. But Black free people too noticed the similarity of a hireling to a slave. Richard L. Davis, a miner, maintained that “none of us who toil for our daily bread are free.” “At one time we were chattel slaves, today we are, white and Black, wage slaves.”

Nanni notes the colonial missions tried to induce people not simply to work, but to work in a regular and uniform manner for a specific period of time per day. This view of abstract labour hours could not have been more alien to task-oriented communities, who recognized their activities based on different ecological and cultural cues, such as the flowering and rooting of certain plants, and where things took however much time they took. /1

Just one of those days. Can't get out of my own head.
#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Unlike many self-help/motivational books this one honestly had me chuckling in parts because it's written for normal people! I specifically loved the condensed pep talks in the back. I am a habitual over committer so I need all the help I can get.

⭐️⭐️ The useful thing I took from this book was the suggestion to identify what‘s most important for you in this given period and to use that to make decisions about what to prioritize, and know that that may change from one period to the next. But overall, ugh, just so many lists, frameworks, and tortured acronyms to wade through with no payoff. PLAN stands for something but even after reading it I can‘t remember what. Between so-so and pan.

This is very interesting. It's more a reflection on time and a history of how it is measured and how that has changed than a self help book of any sort. I would recommend not reading this if you are seriously burnt out already.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

As a #longtimefed I kept my own journal of what I did each day. Among other things, it made it easier to prepare my accomplishments at evaluation time.

Here are 5 things I did in a particularly memorable week.
1. Met with boss for weekly progress review. Provided a written summary on which boss took copious notes.
2. Made follow-up calls on all discussed projects. Left messages because nobody answered. Because they were out doing the work. ⬇️

ebook: The Plan by Kendra Adachi
print: When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
audiobook: On Her Terms by Amy Spalding

Is this the same list as last week? Yes, but hopefully I'll finish all three this week.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

You are in charge of your list. Your list is not in charge of you.