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Rhonda: How’s your day going?
Me: Ughhh … I’ve been busy all day, but only got one important thing done!
“Shadow Work” Is The New Time Bandit
There’s a new villain in town — well, it’s not “new” exactly. It just now has a name and it’s “Shadow Work.” The idea is that you are doing all kinds of “free work” for companies all around you and it’s gotten to the point of hijacking your day, your work, and your life.
The book “Shadow Work: The Unpaid, Unseen Jobs That Fill Your Day,” by Craig Lambert (@craigalambert), is a field guide to understanding that you don’t have less time, you have less free time. And this is an important distinction.