I Didn’t Do the Thing Today
Letting Go of Productivity Guilt
From I DIDN'T DO THE THING TODAY by Madeleine Dore. Summarized by arrangement with Avery, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
ISBN: 9780593419137
Pages: 304
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Writer and interviewer Madeleine Dore spent longer than five years searching for the secret to productivity, only to discover there isn’t one. Instead, she found that how well you love, learn, and embrace uncertainty is a better measure of a day well spent. Dore’s refreshing treatise recommends abandoning your quest for better time-management techniques and adopting a more flexible approach to getting things done — one that allows for stumbles, encourages creativity, and builds self-acceptance.
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About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a writer and interviewer who is curious about how we can all foster more creativity, connection, and meaning in our everyday lives. She created the interview project Extraordinary Routines and hosted the Routines & Ruts podcast. She shares new writing in her Substack, “On Things.”
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