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The Sunday Story: The Good Enough Job

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4.552.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Sunday Story, author Simone Stolzoff discusses his book The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work, about our complicated relationship with work. Stolzoff explains how as jobs have changed over generations, so has the meaning we derive from working. Stolzoff shares his findings on our modern relationship with work and ways we can find more balance in our lives.

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0:00.0

So, I just got back from some time off.

0:02.9

I, you know, I love my job.

0:05.0

And I have to say that with this job that I have currently,

0:08.1

it's not super hard to get back into work.

0:12.2

But I have had jobs where it was tough.

0:16.4

And even though I really do love my job,

0:21.7

sometimes you just want to sleep in and watch TV, right?

0:24.6

Like, you know, you don't always want to get up and do something.

0:28.9

But there's also when you have a job that, you know,

0:33.5

sometimes maybe you don't love as much,

0:36.3

it can be a lot of pressure.

0:39.0

And it turns out that just taking a vacation might not be enough

0:42.7

to combat the burnout that so many people are feeling right now.

0:47.9

Like, you can't just book a trip to the Bahamas and Lord knows

0:52.8

I wish I could go to the Bahamas and expect to feel better

0:56.5

about work when you get back.

0:58.6

It's still the same.

1:04.1

I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday story.

1:10.2

In his new book, The Good Enough Job,

1:12.3

Reclaving Life for Work, Author Samona, Stowe's Off says,

1:15.7

we need to completely reimagine our relationship with work.

1:19.5

Stowe's Off says many Americans, especially those

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