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We work feverishly to make ourselves happy. So why are we so miserable? This manifesto helps us break free of our unhealthy devotion to efficiency and shows us how to reclaim our time and humanity with a little more leisure.Despite our constant search for new ways to hack our bodies and minds for peak performance human beings are working more instead of less living harWe work feverishly to make ourselves happy. So why are we so miserable? This manifesto helps us break free of our unhealthy devotion to efficiency and shows us how to reclaim our time and humanity with a little more leisure.Despite our constant search for new ways to hack our bodies and minds for peak performance human beings are working more instead of less living harder not smarter and becoming more lonely and anxious. We strive for the absolute best in every aspect of our lives ignoring what we do well naturally and reaching for a bar that keeps rising higher and higher. Why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? Why can't we just take a break? In Do Nothing award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee illuminates a new path ahead seeking to institute a global shift in our thinking so we can stop sabotaging our well-being put work aside and start living instead of doing. As it turns out we're searching for external solutions to an internal problem. We won't find what we're searching for in punishing diets or productivity apps. Celeste's strategies will allow you to regain control over your life and break your addiction to false efficiency. You'll learn how to increase your time perception to determine how your hours are being spent invest in quality idle time and focus on end goals instead of mean goals. It's time to reverse the trend that's making us all sadder sicker and less productive and return to a way of life that allows us to thrive.(less)