SomethingByAnLGBAuthor

The Art of Life Admin: How to Do Less, Do It Better, Live More | Elizabeth Emens

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2/3 fascinating; 2/3 utterly bizarre. Yes, that does add up!

This is only part a self-help book. It‘s more a look at the role household admin plays in our lives, different attitudes to it, its impact on relationships, ‘crisis admin‘ following death, illness or divorce... A big part of her plea is for life admin to be acknowledged - if you‘re a reluctant cook (🙋🏻‍♀️) it might not be the 30 mins cooking, but the planning, decision-

rockpools making, and organising of full cupboards & food-that-goes-together that stresses you out (🙋🏻‍♀️ again). Her look at the differential impacts of admin were also eye-opening - whether looking at gender, poverty or race.

I‘m not sure there are any amazing quick productivity-wins in here, but I found it a surprisingly interesting look at a topic I never knew existed!

#SomethingByAnLGBAuthor #NonFiction2021 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 3y

AlaMich What you say about cooking is me, 100%!! I get overwhelmed by all the moving parts involved in meal preparation and I just give up. It‘s gotten worse as I‘ve gotten older too. 3y

TrishB That actually sounds interesting. As my day job is admin, house admin does my head in! And every second spent in the kitchen in my opinion is a wasted second 😁 3y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I have to agree, having become the main house admin in my house...I dread the question What‘s for lunch, What‘s for dinner, ugh, not chicken again..ok we‘ll order out, where from , guess what...they ordered chicken 🙄🤪 I hate being the food czar of the house....I‘m not too keen on the grocery shopping either, but I seem to be better at that job (and yes, they are all unpaid jobs...unappreciated jobs...and I could be reading instead, honestly 😉) 3y

squirrelbrain This sounds fascinating! 3y

rockpools @AlaMich @TrishB @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @squirrelbrain Yep, this was a weird one. I think it just gave me a different way of looking at things, which sometimes is what you need. And on that note, I‘m off to the supermarket and to take a Covid test. The joys! 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @rockpools Oh, good luck! 3y

rockpools @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thanks - we‘re supposed to take them twice a week as routine, if we‘re going in to work, rather than there being a problem. It‘s just another thing on the faff and hassle list! 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @rockpools Ok, as long as it‘s routine. I thought maybe you were sick. Better the hassle than being sick. No vaccines yet in your area? (edited) 3y

rockpools @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Absolutely- I realised when you commented it looked like a problem, rather than me just having a grumble. Surprisingly yes to the vaccines, I got my second one last week. They‘re encouraging us to still do rapid tests twice weekly so they can monitor the spread, isolate asymptomatic cases, & hopefully reduce the spread a bit more. (I‘m in the UK - it‘s so wildly different everywhere!) 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @rockpools Yes it is! That‘s why I asked. My one friend in the Netherlands is in between shot 1 or 2. I‘ve had both of mine, but yes...it varies so much. I personally think it should be more universal. 3y

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