J.’s Reviews > Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving > Status Update

"We know the problem; now it's time to talk about solutions."

"When our minds are idle, we allow ourselves to reconnect with our creativity and reengage with reflective thought--two activities that are essential to progress."

"Lean out, ladies."

"Kids with helicopter parents are significantly more likely to suffer depression, and there's a strong link between a highly structured childhood and a lack of executive-function capabilities."

"Our attention is now nearly always divided, because we seem to be always working on something."

"We have traded our privacy, our communities, our hobbies, and our peace of mind for habits that are more commercially profitable. The overriding question is this: Is it worth it?"

"When employers lost the political fight, they moved to a new field of battle: culture."

"Everything we think we know about work and efficiency and leisure is relatively recent and very possibly wrong."