{"id":14178,"date":"2021-10-29T21:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T02:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=14178"},"modified":"2021-10-29T21:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T02:59:11","slug":"book-review-off-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=14178","title":{"rendered":"Book Review | Off the Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock-389x550.jpg 389w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock-354x500.jpg 354w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People who are close to me know that I desire to be intentional with my time.  I am at my best when I am well rested, when I have margin in my day, and when I can look back over the day and recognize where I spent time on relationships.  I&#8217;m also committed to leaving my computer at work as often as possible and using my down time to read and to rest.  Laura Vanderkam has become a favorite writer over the past few years and I appreciate her intentionality with her time.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Off-Clock-Feel-While-Getting-ebook\/dp\/B076NSZ27X\/ref=sr_1_5?crid=29W5I9AQKK8T&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=laura+vanderkam&amp;qid=1635562672&amp;qsid=133-7567507-1486120&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=laura+vander%2Cstripbooks%2C84&amp;sr=1-5&amp;sres=159184410X%2C0143109723%2C1591846692%2C0735219818%2C1591846250%2CB0899QGJVZ%2CB07NBT8NZH%2CB008J3X2CS%2CB084NC1C84%2CB00BPDR4BY%2CB00AEDDPP0%2CB00NBDTB3A%2CB07HWVRJB2%2CB08N1DMT2G%2C0743254619%2C6073183976%2C0989220257%2C6073198302%2CB01MU4L3RW%2CB00LW6V78K\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Off-Clock-Feel-While-Getting-ebook\/dp\/B076NSZ27X\/ref=sr_1_5?crid=29W5I9AQKK8T&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=laura+vanderkam&amp;qid=1635562672&amp;qsid=133-7567507-1486120&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=laura+vander%2Cstripbooks%2C84&amp;sr=1-5&amp;sres=159184410X%2C0143109723%2C1591846692%2C0735219818%2C1591846250%2CB0899QGJVZ%2CB07NBT8NZH%2CB008J3X2CS%2CB084NC1C84%2CB00BPDR4BY%2CB00AEDDPP0%2CB00NBDTB3A%2CB07HWVRJB2%2CB08N1DMT2G%2C0743254619%2C6073183976%2C0989220257%2C6073198302%2CB01MU4L3RW%2CB00LW6V78K\" target=\"_blank\">Off the Clock<\/a> was a great read about giving our best at work&#8230;and then disconnecting and giving our best at home.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I highlighted several things while reading and have posted those notes below&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Feeling off the clock is exhilarating.&nbsp; It is a key component of human happiness.&nbsp; And yet a life is lived in hours, and living the good life requires being a proper steward of those hours. p. 3<\/li><li>Rich memories can expand time both as they are being created and in the rearview mirror. p. 8<\/li><li>Why is today different from all other days?&nbsp; Why should my brain bother holding on to the existence of this day as it curates the museum of my memories? p. 64<\/li><li>The anticipating self is wondering about, planning, and worrying about the future.<\/li><li>The experiencing self is in the here and now.<\/li><li>The remembering self things back to the past. p. 71<\/li><li>Time is a choice, with the understanding that you must deal with the consequences of your choices. p. 97<\/li><li>When you do an activity, ask yourself two questions: Will I ever do this again? If so, is there some system I could develop or something I could do now that would make future instances faster or easier? p. 107<\/li><li>Time is elastic.&nbsp; It stretches to accommodate what we choose to put into it. p. 153<\/li><li>The discipline of joy requires holding in the mind simultaneously that this too shall pass and that this too is good. p. 166<\/li><li>Tend your garden:<ul><li>What do I like about my schedule?<\/li><li>What would I like to spend more time doing?<\/li><li>What would I like to spend less time doing?<\/li><li>How can I make that happen? p. 232<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who are close to me know that I desire to be intentional with my time. I am at my best when I am well rested, when I have margin in my day, and when I can look back over the day and recognize where I spent time on relationships. I&#8217;m also committed to leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,23,28,17,32,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-review","category-generosity","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-marriage","category-north-cobb-christian"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/off-the-clock.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}