How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)

Recommended by Kaianne

I read this in 2020 (so, a ~transformative time~) while on a burnout-induced 3 month sabbatical from work. It was the first time I realized I should walk my dog without headphones and just look at the leaves?? Who knew.

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Riley Sykes1mo ago

A reminder to get out of your head and into the nothings of life.

2 months ago

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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Riley Sykes

“A reminder to get out of your head and into the nothings of life.”

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Taylor Brogan

“I listened to this audiobook in about two days, mostly while walking around my neighborhood in deep covid, maybe June 2020. I've since re-read it twice, and it's one of the few books I would almost universally recommend. Completely transformed my relationship to my immediate environment, the internet, and "society."”

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Levi

“Title does a lot of the work here. Watch the sunset, listen to the birds, buy shelled peanuts for crows, think about how cool trees are. Corporations have known for a long time how valuable our attention is and the greatest act of resistance is to slow down and be as "useless" as possible.”