The Catalyst Library

Books & Podcasts for:

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an open book sitting next to a bunch of flowers

Rest, Energy, & Sustainable Living

Rest - Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

How rest fuels creativity - and why doing less helps you do better.

How to Do Nothing - Jenny Odell

Resisting the attention economy by learning to simply exist again.

Laziness Does Not Exist - Devon Price

Why your worth isn’t measured by productivity.

Burnout - Emily & Amelia Nagoski

Understanding stress cycles and how to actually complete them.

Four Thousand Weeks - Oliver Burkeman

Time management for humans (not robots) - embracing limits.

Podcasts to slow down with:

Hurry Slowly - Jocelyn K. Glei: Working better by working slower

Everything Happens - Kate Bowler: Living with uncertainty, meaning, and humor

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