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New World Library
(2018-09-04)
304 pages
ISBN: 978-1608685646

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More Joy in your Life through the Leisure Ethic?

November 9, 2010 by William Powers 3 Comments

As I travel the country, a number of people have been asking me: What’s the Leisure Ethic?

Working 24/7… 24 hours a week;  7 months a yearWorking 24/7… 24 hours a week;    7  months a year

While living in a 12’ x 12’, off-grid house, I noticed people reclaiming the right to be idle! They are ratcheting down from overdeveloped to developed, from too much to enough. Dr. Jackie expressed it to me once like this: part of the joy of simplifying one’s material life is that you don’t have to work long hours to buy and maintain a bunch of stuff. This leaves time for open-ended chats —  like the kind I began to have in North Carolina. Doing nothing is a carbon neutral activity!

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