LAZINESS DOES NOT EXIST Spoiler Free Review

 

Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price is a nonfiction informational self help book on rethinking the way we get motivated, do work, do things, and get rest. 

Dr. Devon Price talks about how American culture in particular has become so obsessed with us doing work or anything at all to the point of breaking because we often times do not want to be seen as "lazy". Well, it turns out laziness is a lit in it of itself, and they use every chapter of this book to deconstruct the myth of laziness, from it's roots in religion to capitalism to racism, classism, sexism, and especially ableism. Throughout the book Dr. Price weaves several studies and anecdotes on stories of people they've interviewed to their own personal life stories on how overworking is not good for our health in the long run and what can we do to recognize our own biases, listen to our gut feelings, and take more breaks. 

This book is pretty much in the similar vein as Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee (a book I read last year), except Laziness is structured with every chapter beginning with a thesis of some sort and Dr. Price defending and explaining it, while Do Nothing is structured with history lessons in the first half of the book and advice in the second half. Either way, both books get you to see how our culture addicted work doesn't have to take over our lives and how we can take care of ourselves better. 

So I recommend this book along with Do Nothing! I gave it 5 stars. 

Also, I plan on reading more nonfiction this year! And that Frankie doll is the second Monster High doll I have. I plan on adding more to my collection.