{"product_id":"9780241972502-the-art-of-life-admin","title":"The Art of Life Admin","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow To Do Less, Do It Better, and Live More\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book will give you many hours of your life back.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Timely and necessary . a must-read' Cal Newport, author of \u003ci\u003eDigital Minimalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScheduling doctor's appointments. Planning a party. Buying a present. Filling out paperwork. These are the kind of secretarial and managerial tasks necessary to run a life and a household. Elizabeth Emens was a working mother with two young children, swamped like so many of us, when she realised that 'life admin' was consuming her. Desperate to survive and to help others along the way, she gathered favourite tips and tricks, admin confessions, and the secrets of admin-happy households.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on her research and writing in a wholly original manner, she shows how admin affects our lives; how we might reduce, redistribute and even prevent it; what 'admin personalities' we might have; and how to deal with it in relationships. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Life Admin\u003c\/i\u003e teaches us all how to do less of it, and to do it better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamples from the book:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1)      \u003ci\u003eFind ways to make things end.\u003c\/i\u003e For instance, try writing No Need to Reply (NNR) on texts and emails. Save others time; they might even return the favour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2)      \u003ci\u003eStart bypassing the to-do list when you face real-time admin requests.\u003c\/i\u003e Email someone the information she wants while she's still standing there - so it never goes on your to-do list. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3)      \u003ci\u003eSpend your Admin Savings Time well.\u003c\/i\u003e If you save yourself an hour, spend that hour doing something you really want - or need - for yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reading \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Life Admin\u003c\/i\u003e is like sitting down with a friend who knows exactly how it feels to be drowning in your To Do list, and throws you a very welcome lifeline to help you to make your way out'\u003cbr\u003eBrigid Schulte, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eOverwhelmed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Every so often you come across a book that really does profoundly change how you see the world. This is just such a book - it will, by force of its own genius, reprogram your life and give you new tools for seeing things as they actually are'\u003cbr\u003eTim Wu, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Attention Merchants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Emens maps the political, psychological and practical landscape of \"admin hell\" with humour and hopefulness. This intelligent, witty book will shed new light on everyone's to-do list'\u003cbr\u003eDr Clare Carlisle Tresch, King's College London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39540845379681,"sku":"9780241972502","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32405254.jpg?v=1737274618","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241972502-the-art-of-life-admin","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}