I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt
How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives.

Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There’s the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don’t want to do, and the thing we’ve been putting off, despite it being the most important thing. Even on days when we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or disappointed.

After five years of searching for the secret to productivity, Madeleine Dore discovered there isn’t one. Instead, we’re being set up to fail. I Didn’t Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal—by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life.

For anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way.
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I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt
How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives.

Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There’s the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don’t want to do, and the thing we’ve been putting off, despite it being the most important thing. Even on days when we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or disappointed.

After five years of searching for the secret to productivity, Madeleine Dore discovered there isn’t one. Instead, we’re being set up to fail. I Didn’t Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal—by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life.

For anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way.
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I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt

I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt

by Madeleine Dore
I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt

I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt

by Madeleine Dore

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How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives.

Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There’s the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don’t want to do, and the thing we’ve been putting off, despite it being the most important thing. Even on days when we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or disappointed.

After five years of searching for the secret to productivity, Madeleine Dore discovered there isn’t one. Instead, we’re being set up to fail. I Didn’t Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal—by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life.

For anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780593419137
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/11/2022
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Madeleine Dore is a writer and interviewer exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. For the past five years, Dore has been asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. She regularly conducts life experiments and hosts events to examine how creativity isn’t just something we do, but how we approach our lives.

Table of Contents

The Thing About Advice xi

Part I At the Start of the Day

1 The Narrowing of Productivity 3

2 The Expansion of Creativity 19

Part 2 The Stumbles in the Day

3 The Hopeless Search for the ideal Routine 31

4 The Worry of Wasted Time 53

5 The Shifting Goalposts of Ambition 73

6 The Myth of Balance 89

7 The Standstill of Indecision 109

8 The Deflation of Comparison 125

9 The Great Disappointment of Expectation 137

10 The Trap of Busyness 163

11 The Denial of Limitation 185

12 The Harsh Rules of Discipline 203

13 The Push and Pull of Distraction 221

14 The Trying Pursuit of Perfection 239

Part 3 At the End of the Day

15 The Generosity of Kindness 257

16 The Depth of Curiosity 267

17 The Moments of Enjoyment 277

Acknowledgments 287

Further Reading 290

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