Tranquility by Tuesday
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Average rating3.5
“An indispensable manual...Tranquility by Tuesday offers plenty of inspiration for a more serene life, and down-to-earth and evidence-backed advice for actually making it happen." --Oliver Burkeman, New York Times bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks For anyone who’s sick of letting to-do lists dictate their time, Laura Vanderkam, the bestselling author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, shares nine strategies for reclaiming your hours Do you find yourself hoping that someday, life will be less hectic? One day, you say, you’ll finally have time for the activities that you love – writing that book, completing that triathlon, traveling with friends. But if the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that life is unpredictable. If we’re not careful, dull, unfulfilling tasks can quickly occupy our precious hours, derail our best-laid plans, and make life feel like a slog. In Tranquility by Tuesday, Laura Vanderkam explains that if you want something to happen, you need to design your life to make it happen. Work crises, childcare emergencies, and home repairs are inevitable, and the mundane tasks of life – cooking, cleaning, laundry – aren’t going anywhere. To make time for what matters, you need a resilient schedule, not a perfect schedule. Based on a time diary study of over 150 people, Vanderkam shares nine strategies for building opportunities for joy, nourishment, and fulfillment into your week, such as: Three times a week is a habit One big adventure, one little adventure Effortful before effortless This is more than a time management book about “how to do it all.” It’s a look at how real people changed their lives using Vanderkam’s nine rules, and how you can do the same. It’s about intentionally living the life that you want to live, and becoming an autonomous steward of life’s possibilities.
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I really liked this book. Although it might feel like the rules are “too simple” ( I mean, we do know sleep is important ..), when implementing them(imperfectly, as one does), it does make a difference to how my days/weeks feel.
I've also really appreciated the “something is better than nothing” and the general anti-perfectionism vibe and advice. The way she explores the feedback from people from the studies she's conducted for the book ( I took part in one of those as well ! ) and especially their “what didn't work and how to fix it” was a great opportunity to see the dynamics of the rules in people's lives and the unexpected positive “ripple” they cause.
I highly recommend this book even if you generally dislike time management literature. I promise that in this one, the author actively encourages you to push some tasks to later, and with a good reason, too!
My thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an early ARC of this book.
I read this overlapping with another book that offers advice on being a better you. I found this book to be superior and re-listened to try and internalize some of the points. I think the guidelines offered are relatively simple to understand and the author provides evidence and data to support the conclusions that following these steps will help you attain a bit more tranquility in your life.
