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SuperbOliver Burkeman

A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches

From the moment we ask children what they want to be when they grow up we exalt the dream job as if it were lifes ultimate objective Many entangle their identities with their jobs with predictable damage to happiness wellbeing and even professional success

In The Good Enough Job journalist Simone Stolzoff traces how work has come to dominate Americans livesand why we find it so difficult to let go Based on groundbreaking reporting and interviews with Michelin star chefs Wall Street bankers overwhelmed teachers and other workers across the American economy Stolzoff exposes what we lose when we expect work to be more than a job Rather than treat work as a calling or a dream he asks what it would take to reframe work as a part of life rather than the entirety of our lives What does it mean for a job to be good enough

Through provocative critique and deep reporting Stolzoff punctures the myths that keep us chained to our jobs By exposing the lies weand our employerstell about the value of our labor The Good Enough Job makes the urgent case for reclaiming our lives in a world centered around work