In the everyday hustle and rush and the always-on digital mentality, it's good to have the reminder that sometimes the best way to be productive is, in fact, to do nothing at all...Yes, this means you have permission to be easy on yourself. Take a nap. Read a book. Breathe.
These books explain why that's important and help guide you on what you can strike from your to-do list so that you can re-connect with what matters the most.
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Do Nothing
How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
How to Do Nothing
Resisting the Attention Economy
Drained
Reduce Your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More
The Score
How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
Sacred Rest
Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity
Enchantment
Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Drop the Ball
Achieving More by Doing Less
The Lost Art of Doing Nothing
How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen
Illustrated by Lona Aalders
Rest Is Resistance
A Manifesto
I Didn't Do the Thing Today
Letting Go of Productivity Guilt
Wintering
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
| # | Title | Subtitle | Author(s) | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laziness Does Not Exist | Devon Price | 2022 | ||
| 2 | Do Nothing | How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving | Celeste Headlee | 2021 | |
| 3 | How to Do Nothing | Resisting the Attention Economy | Jenny Odell | 2019 | |
| 4 | Drained | Reduce Your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More | Leah, PhD Ruppanner | 2026 | |
| 5 | The Score | How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game | C Thi Nguyen | 2026 | |
| 6 | Sacred Rest | Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity | Saundra Dalton-Smith | 2019 | |
| 7 | Enchantment | Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age | Katherine May | 2023 | |
| 8 | Drop the Ball | Achieving More by Doing Less | Tiffany Dufu | 2018 | |
| 9 | The Lost Art of Doing Nothing | How the Dutch Unwind with Niksen | Maartje Willems | 2021 | |
| 10 | Rest Is Resistance | A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey | 2022 | |
| 11 | I Didn't Do the Thing Today | Letting Go of Productivity Guilt | Madeleine Dore | 2022 | |
| 12 | Wintering | The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times | Katherine May | 2020 |