Unplugged: How to Disconnect from the Rat Race, Have an Existential Crisis, and Find Meaning and Fulfillment (Culture Tools)
by Nancy Whitney-Reiter
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Author: Nancy Whitney-ReiterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-23
ISBN: 1591810701
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Sentient Publications
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Book Review: How to disconnect from the rat race and find yourself
Summary: 5 Stars
Why do we work so hard and why are we now wearing cell phones in our ears and checking e-mail in real time? While many of us have found our society's "official trappings of success" (24/7 connectivity with everyone else, title, income, cars, houses, stuff), many of us haven't truly found ourselves. Why not? Author Nancy Whitney-Reiter suggests that before we're even out of high school, we're being fast-tracked into careers that we then dutifully perform until we wake up one day and finally say, "Even though I appear to have it all, I'm not happy."
"Unplugged" asks us to question whether we're enjoying the "success" we have while being connected to the "consumption driven matrix." If our answer is "no," or even "maybe not," then this book is a smorgasbord of food for thought. Whitney-Reiter tells us the stories of others have temporarily gotten away from it all, including herself, and then provides practical advice and resources for unplugging and re-thinking our goals without losing our shirts or our sanity. Our planning includes attending to family, friends, career, debts, house and car, and prospective world wide volunteer opportunities and other travel options.
The author reminds us that unplugging is NOT a vacation trip: it's turning off the chaos of cell phones, WiFI, the hustle and bustle of work, and even grand-tour sight-seeing agendas and making time to ponder who we are and what we want. We must plan how we leave work, perhaps through a corporate sabbatical, and how we return to the world we know some 3-6 months later.
This well-written book provides you with the well-thought-out advice you need to begin your journey and return with a new lease on life.
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