Doing nothing is easily misread as a privileged self-indulgence

Evidence

It’s very possible to understand the practice of doing nothing solely as a self-indulgent luxury, the equivalent of taking a mental health day, if you’re lucky enough to work at a place that has those. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 75

Categorization

  • XREF: This is the privilege objection the reader flagged as a question — Odell states it herself before answering it, which is worth noting for the critique of whether her solutions require privilege.