Rise and Grind, Girlbosses! It’s time to GROWTH HACK your way to your BEST SELF and make this the ULTIMATE year. If you don’t have time, you can make time, because excuses are no excuse.
Just kidding! Like so many of us, author Maria Bowler found herself caught up in the Productivity Machine, which demands we do more and more and more for the sake of…what, exactly? For the sake of more, of course!
This is the siren song that led me crashing into a rocky shore: the idea that I could be more, do more…the feeling that I must.
It’s not just in our heads, of course. It’s a reality of living in a Capitalist society and – in my case – a little bit of nature to go with that nurture.
I’ve long admired Maria’s presence on Instagram, where she speaks soothingly (Canadians can’t help it, can they?) and encourages pausing and presence. So I jumped at the chance to get a copy of her new book Making Time: A New Vision For Crafting A Life Beyond Productivity.
The book was exactly what I hoped it would be: not a list of tips and tricks and life-hacks but a reimagining of what it means to be a person in this world. It makes perfect sense to me that Maria’s book was the most requested book in the January Reading List book giveaway…most of us feel burned out, frazzled, like a hamster running on a wheel to nowhere and unable to stop (an imperfect metaphor because my hamsters, at least, are very good at stopping when they need to stop!).
Because the Universe has a sense of humor, the recording software I use would not recognize my microphone (the same one I use every time!!!) and we had to start over three times. And you know what? We just let it happen! We rolled with it! Because it’s just a podcast!
You can get Maria’s book here, and support her, a local bookstore and our show.
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