The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work by Simone Stolzoff

BATB score: 9/10 🥹

second time reading this beautiful reminder to reclaiming life from work (that awful work that will never love you back)

Best to: have other defining identities beyond work, ask “what do you like to do?” over “what do you do” > I am a avid reader, author of Beauty and The Book page, a travel the world enthusiast, a beloved friend to some / a mean friend to some, a good asian daughter and daughter-in-law, I have sailor-moon energy to share, some call me sunshine, and I love me

Best as: be ‘hodo-hodo zoku’ > Japanese young workers started a cultural movement to avoid promotions in order to minimize stress and maximize free time

Best for: dear all workaholics, who are passionate about your job, working the extra hours to thrive; “work should be a means to an end, and in the end, we should go home”, know that on the other side of deprioritizing work is prioritizing life; there’s no more games to win

Best quotes: “too many people bring the best of themselves to work, and bring the leftovers home.”

“The reward for professional success is often just more work.” There’s no more games to win.

“Do what you love and you’ll work super freaking hard all the time with no separation of any boundaries and also take everything extremely personally.”

“When we say someone is successful, we rarely mean they are happy and healthy. We mean they make a lot of money.”

“The ability to disengage, relax, and recharge is as important as being ambitious, organized, and productive.”